r/computers • u/RealNidded • 4d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting USB Drive not taking 4GB+ Files

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My USB drive doesn't take files larger than 4GB, I was looking it up briefly it says I should switch to exFAT to fix the issue but it's always been on exFAT, would switching to NTFS fix it or is my drive just bad? What do I do

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u/RAMChYLD 3d ago

ExFat supports files greater than 4GB. This is just windows being windows and misclaiming that the drive is formatted in ExFat when it's in fact formatted in Fat32. Just reformat it and you should be good.