4 Gig file size limit in Win 98SE

[regalztt]

Is there a patch for the 4 gig file size limit in Win 98SE? Ive searched high and low on www.Microsoft.com but no luck.

 

[Pariah]

no, there isn't. The normal limit is 2GB unless a program is specifically written to be able to read 4GB files.

 

[Adul]

4 GB file!! OMG. umm you only choice is to go with win2k for now.

 

[giambi77]

what could you possibly be doing with 4 gigs??? I guess like a zippped backup of your hard drive or something....heh

 

[Wuming]

i think some image files can really get that big!

 

[PliotronX]

Even using FAT32, filesizes are limited to 2Gigs?

 

[JackBurton]

Ya the patch is called NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. Even with those OSes you'll need to convert the partition to NTFS. NTFS is what you are looking for. I too have run into the 2GB file limitation. I wasn't able to get a 4GB file to work on my system (98SE). I use Windows 2000 for my big 8GB files. Ya gotta like having a file bigger than some people's entire hard drive.

 

[zippy]

Out of curiosity, what files do you have that are larger than 2GB?

The largest file on my hard drive is 650-700MB (a few of them though).

 

[smp]

Video Capture

 

[JackBurton]

All I have to say is DVD ripping! There goes an easy 6GB file.

 

[akashra]

The file size limitation is on FAT32 not on win98.
It does create a problem for us people who like to convert DVDs to DivX
The only real solution is to use NTFS or another filesystem allows BIG files

 

[regalztt]

Thanks for the info, and to answer some questions I am capturing video in mpeg-2 at 720x540 from vhs and satelite. At highest quality with my Radeon AIW I only get around 66 minutes. Whate else am I supposed to do with all the space on my hard drives? ;-)

 

[Pariah]

Use virtualDub to capture, it will break the file up into useable chunks on the fly.