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[paulaiks]

hi
have a new laptop which has 60 gig and 512 memory
i have d/l a dvd from ftp which is 4.4 gig
when winrar get to 93% of the unraring i get this message

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE DISK

WRITE ERROR :ONLY NTFS FILE SYSTEM SUPPORTS FILES LARGER THAN 4 GB

i have over 26 gig spare on d drive????but still get the message

any help would be great

[BlackDiamondJr]

It appears that the file system employed on the hard disk on your new laptop is FAT/FAT32. One of the limitations of this file system is that it does not support files larger than 4.GB. Hence the error message.

Only the NTFS file system typically used on the more modern Operating Systems (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP) will support file sizes larger than 4GB. Windows 9x and ME can use only the FAT/FAT32 file system.

If you are using one of these Operating Systems, then whosoever configured your laptop has done you a great disservice. Although the Operating Systems above can utilize both the FAT32 and NTFS file systems, they usually perform more efficiently with the NTFS file system, which does not suffer the limitation you recently discovered.

Although it is possible to convert from the FAT/FAT32 file system to the NTFS file system, it is better to format from scratch with the NTFS file system as the cluster sizes are smaller.

Although the conversion is fairly simple this operation is not without it's risks, therefore it is always recommended that you backup you data first.

How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881#kb2)

[paulaiks]

:luxhello:would any kind soul be able to do this for me thru msn remote help##

i would be very gratefull

[paulaiks]

:luxhello:would any kind soul be able to do this for me thru msn remote help##

i would be very gratefull
aitkenpscl@aol.com

[PhilEnfield]

It's really quite simple m8 .... as BlackDiamondJr said ...full instructions here :

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881