Why do FAT32 file systems have a file size limit of 4GBSolut

Why do FAT32 file systems have a file size limit of 4GB?

Solution

You are not allowed to back up 4GB or more of data to a FAT32 File System. You may either:

Split the data at 2GB from Where to Backup Options

Convert your Drive System from FAT32 to NTFS

you external drive or card is formatted with the FAT32 file system. This type of a file system has a built-in limitation on the size of the files that it may contain. Although the total size of the files that you can copy to a FAT32 drive could be as large as 2TB (or the physical capacity of the drive, whichever is smaller), the size of each individual file may not exceed 4GB.

For FAT32 file system Max File Size - 4GB

Max # of Files   - 268,435,437

Max Filename Size   - 8.3 or 255 characters when using LFNs

Max Volume Size - 4GB with some implementations