While trying to copy my 6+ GB data to a 8GB usb flash drive in my microsoft windows seven installation i received an error:
| The file is too large for the destination file system
Quite amazed at first that why am i getting this too large for the
destination file system error, as the usb was completely blank!
However here’s how i fixed the issue (btw, this also works for external hard disk drives as well as usb flash drives).
Fix “Too large for the destination file system” usb error
1. I checked the file system of the usb getting the “too large for the destination file
system error” and it was FAT32 (you can skip this step though)
2. Go to My Computer
3. Right Click usb drive and click format
4. Choose NTFS and click on quick format check box and click format to start the format
process
5. Try copying the file again and holla! it's working now!
Please note, all the data inside the flash drive will be deleted once
you format it. So backup any important data if you have any in it.
Hopefully you won’t get the file is too large for the destination file system error while copying file on your usb flash drive on windows operating system!
