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Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by triggert, Sep 5, 2004.

  1. triggert Newcomer, in training Posts: 28

    I have a file zipped in rar format and I can't seem to unzip it onto my harddrive. I get the error message that NTFS is the only file system that allows 4gb+ files. Is there anyway to unzip it without having to reformat my harddrive to NTFS?

    Thanks,
    Trigg
    triggert, Sep 5, 2004
    #1

  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Packed in RAR only, or a RAR file inside a ZIP archive?

    Some archivers have an option to split large files when decompressing.

    By the way, you can convert FAT partitions to NTFS without formatting.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Sep 6, 2004
    #2

  3. triggert Newcomer, in training Posts: 28

    Bah, I wish I'd of known that earlier! :) I went through the trouble of moving files around, resizing partitions, and then reformating. Oh well, at least if I ever have to do it again all I have to do it change the file system.

    Thanks,
    Trigg
    triggert, Sep 6, 2004
    #3

  4. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,950   +120

    Once you go NTFS you never go back :)
    LNCPapa, Sep 6, 2004
    #4

  5. triggert Newcomer, in training Posts: 28

    I would of went NTFS a long time ago but I'm a big gamer and a lot of the older games I enjoy playing think I'm running NT instead of XP. I'll have to do some more research into and see if its changed any lately.

    Trigg
    triggert, Sep 6, 2004
    #5

  6. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,950   +120

    XP is NT - it's NT5.1
    LNCPapa, Sep 6, 2004
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  7. triggert Newcomer, in training Posts: 28

    Yea, but when I run XP with the Fat32 File System none of my games know that! :)
    triggert, Sep 7, 2004
    #7

  8. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    No normal program cares what filesystem it is running on. You can happily run even DOS programs off NTFS. The only problem may be short filenames - NTFS doesn't necessarily create short equivalents to filenames.
    Nodsu, Sep 8, 2004
    #8
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