File System Limitation, for a large, 4gig download on bittorrent error?

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Does anyone get this, or know WHY I get this error? Its happened to me twice, and both downloads were over 4 gigs.

And what is the "availability" on Bittorrent??
I have Windows vista....unfortunatly
 
Very likely the problem is you are running on the older FAT32 file system. Most systems built on Windows 2000 or XP utilize the newer NTFS file system, but sometimes vendors format with the older FAT32. FAT32 has a limit that no individual file can be larger than 4gb, which is likely what is getting you.

In theory, you can convert the drive to NTFS without losing any data from the Windows command line, this article details how:

http://www.tech-faq.com/convert-fat32-to-ntfs.shtml

Good luck!
 
I really don't know about the error I often download files over 4 gb and it works fine for me.
As for the availability thats the number of copies of the file your connected to. You have to have at least 1.000 in order to download the entire file.
 
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