max file size under w7??

[Maurizio]

Hello:
what's the maximum file size under w7-x64?
still the previous 2G apply?

thanks

 

[Andy Burns]

what's the maximum file size under w7-x64?
still the previous 2G apply?

Maximum file size on NTFS even with Win2000 is 16 TB, or 16 EB if using
NTFS5.

Certain file types had a 2GB limitation due to internal references to
signed 32 bit offsets with the file ...

 

[Stan Brown]

Hello:
what's the maximum file size under w7-x64?
still the previous 2G apply?

If only there were some way to search for answers to frequently-asked
questions ....

http://www.w7forums.com/maximum-file-sizes-t9847.html

Key point: it's not Windows that determines the maximum file size,
but the way your drive is formatted.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

If only there were some way to search for answers to frequently-asked
questions ....

http://www.w7forums.com/maximum-file-sizes-t9847.html

Key point: it's not Windows that determines the maximum file size,
but the way your drive is formatted.

Not entirely true. Sure, the way the drive is formatted places limits
(such as IIRR 4G for FAT32?), but there must be a limit in Windows
itself too, even if it's 16 TB or 16 EB as Andy Burns says, or larger.
(For example, file pointers must be integers, and a finite number of
bytes must be assigned to them, however large it is.)

 

[Ken Blake]

Hello:
what's the maximum file size under w7-x64?
still the previous 2G apply?

It was never 2GB.

The maximum size depends on what file system the drive uses. For
FAT32, it's 4GB. For NTFS, it's 16TB.

 

[John Williamson]

It was never 2GB.

The maximum size depends on what file system the drive uses. For
FAT32, it's 4GB. For NTFS, it's 16TB.

There was a limit on AVI type 1 files of 2 Gigabytes, due to the
internal file format. As, at the time, video files were the only type of
large files people used, they often got confused between the AVI limit
and the FAT32 limit.

 

[Wolf K]

Not entirely true. Sure, the way the drive is formatted places limits
(such as IIRR 4G for FAT32?), but there must be a limit in Windows
itself too, even if it's 16 TB or 16 EB as Andy Burns says, or larger.
(For example, file pointers must be integers, and a finite number of
bytes must be assigned to them, however large it is.)

Right, for any OS there is a maximum file-size it can handle, you
comment explains why. But hardware (RAM and fixed storage) set practical
limits. You can store files larger than any one device's capacity by
spreading it over several devices, of course.

Anyhow, for the ordinary user this won't be an issue. AFAICT, people who
don't clean up their junk files, or let mailboxes accumulate huge
numbers of messages, will run into practical limits, but they are easily
fixed.

 

[Paul]

There was a limit on AVI type 1 files of 2 Gigabytes, due to the
internal file format. As, at the time, video files were the only type of
large files people used, they often got confused between the AVI limit
and the FAT32 limit.

And if you try to use the newer AVI format, enough tools have bugs in
them, to make that a waste of time. So AVI as a container, continues
to be problematic. I know, because when I was editing videos with free
tools a couple years ago, that crap made me start over again several
times. Making a bunch of 2GB files wouldn't work for me. Making
an OpenDML file, broke at another stage of my workflow. Pure
frustration! And nothing to do with the OS used, or the kind of
disk drives. It took me a whole two weeks, to finish my project
using "free" tools.

(OpenDML flavor...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDML

*******

FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 still have limits, which you can look up on Wikipedia.

Paul

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Wolf K

Anyhow, for the ordinary user this won't be an issue. AFAICT, people
who don't clean up their junk files, or let mailboxes accumulate huge
numbers of messages, will run into practical limits, but they are
easily fixed.

Yes, it's called the snip.

Oh, sorry, you meant the problems can be fixed, not the people ... (-:

 

[Mark F]

Right, for any OS there is a maximum file-size it can handle, you
comment explains why. But hardware (RAM and fixed storage) set practical
limits. You can store files larger than any one device's capacity by
spreading it over several devices, of course.

Sparse files are supported by some filesystem types, so practical
limits caused by hardware capacity are not a direct limit, so it
is valid to ask what the filesystem limits and operating system limits
are. In addition, it may be worth noting limitations that specific
programs have that may mean that the largest file is not supported in
specific programs.

 

[Ken Blake]

There was a limit on AVI type 1 files of 2 Gigabytes, due to the
internal file format.

OK, that may be; I've never used AVI files and know next to nothing
about them. Nevertheless, the question "what's the maximum file size
under w7-x64? still the previous 2G apply?" asked about all files, not
any particular type like AVI. So my answer "It was never 2GB" is
correct.

 

[Wolf K]

In message <[email protected]>, Wolf K

Yes, it's called the snip.

Oh, sorry, you meant the problems can be fixed, not the people ... (-:

"Incorrect pronoun reference", my bad, LOL