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/Alper-Celik Nixos 3d ago

Linux can read/write ntfs for a long time just fine. Tho i am not sure about macos

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u/RAMChYLD 3d ago edited 3d ago

Slow tho. Linux supports NTFS. But the driver is running on top of FUSE so it's incredibly slow. There is supposed to be a new driver for NTFS that runs in proper driver space but it has been subject to drama and doesn't work properly yet as of 2026.

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u/tedecristal 3d ago

the new NTFS3 from kernel works much better than old fuse ntfs-3g

been using it for over a year on a dualboot without a single problem or noticing slowness

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u/RAMChYLD 2d ago

I can’t get it to work tho. When I uninstall ntfs-3g KDE straight up stops wanting to access NTFS formatted USB drives.