How to fix: Memory stick says 'File too large'

Do you get the error message "File too large" when you try to copy files to your USB memory stick, even though you have plenty of space?
The problem may be that your drive is formatted with the FAT32 file system. In this video I'll show you how to format the drive with ExFAT, so that you can store larger files on it.

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[klassicman]

Wow. Who knew i could learn so much in 3 mins?! Straight to the point and no beating around the bushes. Thank you very much sir!
I followed your instructions to the T. Will certainly be following you.

[NymphetamineFix]

This is fantastic and perfect! Quick, easy to follow dialogue without an entire odyssey of extra stuff that we didn't need. Thank you!

[barryfureyconsultingtraini]

Glad I searched first instead of spending the rest of my day on the issue. Thank you so much.

[tomdepaolo]

I spent several hours trying to figure this out. Went to YouTube and saw this link and he succinctly helped my solve my issue. I subscribed and this site will be my future "go to" for my all to do I" when it comes to these infernal machines!

[iamuni]

Thanks Dave - so quick and easy and straight to the point - i have a 17GB video and it wouldn't copy over to 32GB. I have just followed the steps you were just talking about and it is copying now! Thank you! God bless you as you continue to help others like me!

[inscape]

I thought I was losing my mind with this error I kept getting. Thanks a bunch for this tip.👏👏👏

[LegitimateFlamingo]

Thank you so much for this! This was so simple, easy to follow, and solved my issue perfectly. 11/10 stars.

[DiscoMatty]

Dude, thank you. Everyone said wanted to say. Straight forward, short, no beating around the bush. Best tutorial ever!

[PatryPierre]

I spent many hours trying to fix the stick, then I found your video. So grateful.

[soukainagadir]

It worked perfectly. Thank you and much love from Morocco !

[nickyv]

Thank you soooo much!!! I just bought an Intenso Memory Case 5TB and when I tried to copy some videos that were only 6GB and 11GB I saw that error message. For a moment I thought there was something wrong with my hard drive and I was dissapointed. Then I googled it and found your video. My drive was using NTFS and the only other option in the format menu was the EXFAT you mentioned, so I changed it into EXFAT and now it lets me copy all the big files. Thanks again! You have thumbs up and subscribe from me. :-)

[theskargul]

Excellent! I was trying to copy a movie file 24GB to a 32GB drive with nothing else on it and was very confused why there wasn't enough space.

Detailed explanation and easy to follow step by step. Thanks!

[ollms]

Huge help! Thank you so much mate! Keep doing what you’re doing!

[frankieenriquez]

love the simplicity of this video! thanks for the help! fixed my problem in less than 5 minutes

[philippebenz]

Thank you so much!! I couldn't transfer a 4.20 gb of movie file to my 8gb memory stick and I was about to lose my mind when I finally decided to look for help on youtube. I am very happy, man. I subscribed.

[xinchen]

I have external USB drive format in Fat32. Fat32  disk format support upto only 4 GB file. HD movies are more than 4 GB, which can't transfer to external USB drive format in Fat32 connected to Android TV. while NTFS and exFAt can support file bigger than 4 GB. Android TV do not support NTFS and ExFat format. What is the solution.

[TheVal]

Thank you so much, purchased a a movie to watch with my daughter and we just couldn't work out why the file was say do big for the USB, you saved our night!! xo

[katiemouskos]

Perfect fix and so straight forward! thank you!

[MrMallett]

As others said thanks for being quick and direct copying our wedding video to have multiple copies to keep safe so this was a blessing thank you

[Delirium_Channel]

This solved a whole slew of problems ive been having. Thank you.