4 gb limit in xp?

[dboy]

I'm using a borrowed camcorder (digital8) and trying to copy video from it to the computer via firewire. When I capture, it errors out after ~20 minutes because the file is over 4 gig. I thought newer windows (I'm using xp home) didn't have the file size limits anymore. Any ideas?

 

[WildMonkeyLover]

It's not XP that has the 4 gig limit it's your HD format. It is Fat32, Fat32 has a 4gig file limit. If you want to convert to NTFS type in the command prompt:
convert c: /fs:ntfs

 

[bozo1]

It's not XP that has the size limit, it's the file system you choose. Fat32 has a 4GB file size limit. NTFS doesn't.

 

[WildMonkeyLover]

Looks like I have a shadow

 

[dboy]

Well, since I'm using NTFS, I guess it must be the software then? It was Ulead VideoStudio 5.0, piece of crap. But at least it ran, Pinnacle Studio 8.5 keeps crashing every time I try to capture

 

[dboy]

Oops. guess what I discovered... My primary C drive is NTFS, but my video storage drive D was Fat32. Time to reformat it! Thanks for the help

 

[Green Man]

you don'y have to reformat. you can convert it.

Assuming that it is your d: drive
"convert d: /fs:ntfs" from the command prompt should do it.
You might want to move your page file to C: temporarily while you do this (if you keep the page file there)