4GB+ File

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triggert

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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?

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Trigg
 
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.
 
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.

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Trigg
 
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
 
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.
 
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