Lebon Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Is there a limit on torrent file size?Every time I load a large file (a whole TV series like "LOST" i.e. betweem about 2 to 13 Gb) I get the message "error" and a red cross and it loads some files and leaves others incomplete, is there something I am not aware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Perhaps the file size is more than 4 GB and you want to store them on a FAT32 partition?You should use a NTFS partition (you can convert it in windows without loosing anything), just type "help convert" in the command line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebon Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I need more info. I am a novice as far as partitioning a disk. Can I partition say 20 Gb as NTFS (what is this an abreviation of?) and redirect all my files to this partition, if I can, what exactly do I do?(sorry to be a pain but I just don't know).Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 You don't repartition the drive. You use a conversion tool to convert the partition to NTFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebon Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 What is a partition? and how big is it? if I change to NTFS (what ever that means) what happens to the rest of the programs? If NTFS is better than the rest, why doesn't a new computer come already formatted in NTFS?I don't want to scramble a system and make it unworkable just for the sake of downloading large torrents, I would rather abandon the whole torrent process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 New computers do come with drives formatted to NTFS. Conversion is generally safe, but I can't guarantee it'll be entirely perfect. If you don't want to, there's nothing else we can help you with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Lebon, in windows: start - run - cmd - help convertso if the partition you want to convert from FAT32 to NTFS is X: for example, the command should be:convert X: /FS:NTFSnormally there should not be any loss on data and converting is very quick (some minutes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebon Posted July 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Do I need to convert from NTFS to FAT 32? or the other way round, from FAT32 to NTFS? (my computer is less than 1 year old and I am running on Windows XP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 FAT32 to NTFS. The command schnurlos mentioned above will do just that for you (though you're gonna need to change the "X:" to whatever drive letter you use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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