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win 98 and the 4 gig file restriction
googlefest1 - May 22, 2003
  googlefest1 May 22, 2003
i just installed a dvd burner in my pc for transfering home movies to dvd -- i had problems with the drive in windows xp so i downgraded to win98 and the drive works perfectly fine

now the problem i have is that i cant create files larger than 4gig

when i tried to back up my nephews dvds ( that he likes to throw around and stick into the vcr) -- i would get an error telling me the files are larger than 4 gig -- i tried making a disk to disk copy and the program would get an error close to the end

-- is there a work around for this - a hack mabey -- or is it just imposible to do in FAT32

my next alternative is to try win2000

 Curtis May 22, 2003
The 4 gig limit is a limitation of Fat32 - I don't think there is any way around this. You really need NTFS (or a network attached linux box?) so I guess that means 2k or XP...

 googlefest1 May 22, 2003
yea thats what i thought -- thanks

 gameboy900 May 22, 2003
If you look on an actual DVD you'll notice the movie files are actually split up into 2gb chunks. This is also becuase the DVD file system has a similiar file size limitation to FAT32. You could always just rip the dvd to your HD using the many ripping tools out there, then burn those files as a DVD. I've never done it myself but that should work. (And when I say burn I mean use a proper DVD-Video authoring program to make a proper DVD-Video disc using those files.)

 Taelon May 22, 2003
I always thought that the file size limitation in Win9x was 2 GB, not 4.

But anyway, why don't we determine what the problem accessing the DVD burner under WinXP is? Wanna elaborate on that, googlefest?

 Jurai May 23, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Taelon@May 22, 2003 @ 01:28 PM



 I always thought that the file size limitation in Win9x was 2 GB, not 4.



But anyway, why don't we determine what the problem accessing the DVD burner under WinXP is? Wanna elaborate on that, googlefest?


its prolly xp sucking ass as usual for not having a built in aspi layer

 racketboy May 23, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Jurai+May 23, 2003 @ 07:20 AM-->
QUOTE(Jurai @ May 23, 2003 @ 07:20 AM)