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problem in copying 5GB file to a USB device

I am using VISTA premium and I am copying a file more than 5 GB from one USB device to another USB device
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Is the drive you are copying TO Fat32?
If yes, fat32 has a maximum filesize limit of 4gb or thereabouts

Check what File system they both have - I think the source is probably NTFS
What sort of problem are you having? Are you getting any error messages?

I sometimes use the old command line for copy jobs giving me trouble. Especially for really large files.

Open up your command prompt. Enter the command..
xcopy E:\file location\* F:\file location\* /E /C

Substitute the drive letters and file locations for the ones that you are copying.
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The problem states that the "File is to large to the destination" and the destination is FAT32
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