winrar giving me error

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  1. pyhunter1

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    i don't now what going on but when i go to extract a folder it's giving me a error(only ntfs file system supports file larger than 4 gb)and i have lots of room on my hard drive.any suggestion?
     
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    How big is the winrar file, after it's decompressed could it possibly be over 4GB? If you are on a Fat32 file system this could be your problem.
     
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    yes it's more then 4 gb and yes my hard drive is fat 32 file,is their a way to change that?
     
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    The easiest way is to partition a part of your hard drive, then convert the partition part to NTFS.
     
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    or convert fat32 to ntfs
     
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    ddp is there a chance after converting a system hard drive problems could arise, I was under the impression to avoid this if possible.
     
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    yes there is that possibility so backup data before converting. other option is save your info, boot off the xp cd so can delete & make new partition than format the hd in ntfs than load xp & all your programs
     
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    Thanks for the 411
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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