Response to 2 Gig AVI file size limitation on Win 98?

Win 95 and 98 both have a 2 gig file size limit due to the FAT file system. However, if you use FAT32, that technically has a 4 gigabyte address space and I have had up to a 4 gig file outputting from premiere (it was a quicktime movie, not sure about avi). But this 4 gig file is not stable in anyway. I've never been able to copy or move it, it always gives an error, and I've had problems with the partition afterwords as well. Now this could be a problem with my HD but I have 2 HD's and it happens on both. If you want to deal with more than 2 gigs with confidence, use NT or 2k with the NTFS file system. It has a 2 terabyte address space. I've dealt with over 5 gig files in NTFS with no problem. And from what I know about MacOS (not a whole lot) there is no 2 gig limit. Hope this helps!

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