Our current generation is living a fast-paced lifestyle. With the constant time constraint, our reliability on smartphones and other compact gadgets has increased over the last decade. Laptops and PCs are also playing an important factor in the modernization of the new generation. Along with portable devices, our dependence on compact digital accessories is also surging.
But what remains unreplaceable is the USB flash drive or pen drives that you have been using for data transfers and data storage from laptops and PCs. These small-sized devices are a must keep if you own a laptop or a PC. Despite their tiny sizes, you are able to store large multiple large-sized files in one place.
It’s as simple as copy-pasting any document or file on USB flash drives. However, you might have experienced one issue while transferring files or copying data from a laptop or PC with an error message popping up “File Too Large For Destination Drive”. This must be troubling you with new flash drives despite additional space available.
This is the case with Windows-powered laptops and PCs where you get to see an error message while transferring copying data from source to destination drive. It should come as a respite for you that modifying some settings can resolve this issue. So, how can you fix the file too large destination error issue with flash drives and Windows powered-laptop and PCs? Below are the steps:
How To Stop ‘File Too Large For Destination Drive Error Message’ While Copying Data From Laptop/ PC To USB Drives?
By making some changes to the USB drive’s settings, this data copy error issue could easily be resolved You would need to change the FAT 32 file system to NTFS. The steps to get done with the procedure are listed below:
Step 1: Try formatting the USB drive. This might automatically change the flash drive settings to NTFS from FAT 32. Right click on the flash drive icon and complete the format process.
Step 2: You would need to do some manual changes in the settings if the device format is unsuccessful or it doesn’t modify the settings. For this, right-click on the USB drive icon from my computer and tap on ‘File System’.
Step 3: Now, from the drop down menu select NTFS.
Step 4: Click on the save option.
The above method will fix the “File too large for destination drive” issue with USB drives. You will be able to transfer files sized above 5GB without any future errors.
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