
So although collectively it may have files of even 1 TB, individually it cannot be more than 4GB. Now this file system has a built-in limitation on the size of the individual file that it may contain. The chances are high that the USB drive has been FAT32 formatted. If you receive such a message, even when you know that there is enogh space available for the file, here is what you need to do to successfully copy the file.

Recently, while copying a 4.8GB zipped file from my Windows 10 PC to a new 8GB USB drive I received a File Too Large error message. This post will help you if you cannot copy large files over 4GB to USB flash drive or SD card, and you receive a message – File Too Large, The file is too large for the destination file system message when copying a large file.
