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Filesize limit question.

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:19 am

I know win98 only has a 2 gig limit, and 4 gigs when I use virtualdub.

Now that I've gotten the hang of dvd ripping, I'm thinking of upgrading my OS. What's the file limit size from win2000, ME, XP, etc...?

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Postby klinky » Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:52 am

The current NTFS implmentation in WinXP allows for partitions up to 256 terabytes & files sizes up to 16 terabytes.


I believe Win2k is about the same.

Premiere 6+ should support exporting files larger then 2GB. :|


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Postby klinky » Tue Mar 11, 2003 3:02 am

oh yeah and lets group these all together :


DOS, Win3.1, Win95/98/ME all use some version of FAT for their file system. FAT12 - FAT32.


NT 3.51/4, Win2K & WinXP use NTFS natively. WinXP & Win2K can read/write to FAT32 filesystems. NT cannot(without 3rd party drives, i.e you pay for them).


I would get Win2K as it's just as stable as WinXP just with out all the bloat and eye candy. If you hav dual monitors. You'll want XP. If you don't 2K will do you fine. Just make sure you install SP3 and all the hotfixes. If you buy a new version, most likely it will already have SP3 slipstreamed into the install.


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Postby Castor Troy » Tue Mar 11, 2003 3:06 am

Ok, thanks.
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Postby Ashyukun » Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:45 am

klinky wrote:If you hav dual monitors. You'll want XP. If you don't 2K will do you fine.


Actually, you can run dual monitors on W2K, it just takes two video cards (one of which you must be able to disable VGA mode on).

What exactly does SP3 do that's so necessary, Klinky? I unfortunately don't have any of them installed, as every time I've ever tried my system has gotten royally fsck'd and I've had to completely reinstall W2k.
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Postby klinky » Tue Mar 11, 2003 12:03 pm

XP has better dual monitor controls.


SP3 adds stability & performance improvements. Also I couldn't play some games until I installed Service Pack 2. I just installed SP3 because I could. I haven't noticed any adverse effects :\


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Postby Ashyukun » Tue Mar 11, 2003 12:16 pm

klinky wrote:XP has better dual monitor controls.


SP3 adds stability & performance improvements. Also I couldn't play some games until I installed Service Pack 2. I just installed SP3 because I could. I haven't noticed any adverse effects :\


I won't argue that XP probably has better dual-monitor controls. It was a bit of a pain to get the two monitors running under W2k (and in my cases, requires having the lesser of the two vid. cards as the boot monitor).

Hmm. I've not really had any problems with stability, and just about everything I do with the computer these days has to do with editing. I don't know why I couldn't install the SPs... but the last time I tried (and this happened twice) I would get through the install and it would need to reboot, and then the system would error out on bootup. Oh well. It works as it is :)
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Postby Brsrk » Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:46 pm

Win98 has a max filesize of 4 gb when ripping (mine does at least) and just stick to Win98 for a few years since it's still going to be compatable with most progs... I tried ripping EoE and it'd quit at 96%, so I said "What the hell..." I changed the option from Max filesize to Every VOB file, works on movies over 4 gb, all you need is enough HD space (I barely ahd enough) I tried changing the max filesize and it stayed 4 gb... That's how I solved that problem!
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Postby klinky » Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:10 pm

BrsrkEva wrote:Win98 has a max filesize of 4 gb when ripping (mine does at least) and just stick to Win98 for a few years since it's still going to be compatable with most progs... I tried ripping EoE and it'd quit at 96%, so I said "What the hell..." I changed the option from Max filesize to Every VOB file, works on movies over 4 gb, all you need is enough HD space (I barely ahd enough) I tried changing the max filesize and it stayed 4 gb... That's how I solved that problem!



Why not upgrade to something with more stability and a better/faster filesystem that can handle files larger then 4GB.

I had to reboot everyday with Win98. I can leave my computer on for weeks with out rebooting and it runs like a top with Win2k. Win2K with all the service packs kicks Win98's ass across the street. I thought I might miss DOS, but I've not touched it in years.


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Postby LSM53 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:44 pm

DOS, Win3.1, Win95/98/ME all use some version of FAT for their file system. FAT12 - FAT32


don't u mean fat 16?

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Postby kmv » Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:25 pm

Ashyukun wrote:I've not really had any problems with stability, and just about everything I do with the computer these days has to do with editing. I don't know why I couldn't install the SPs


Does the machine connect to the net? Out of the box Win2k had some serious security holes in it.

Is IIS installed? Code Red, Nimda, etc. etc.

I could go on, but this is off topic.
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Postby gadoo » Wed Mar 12, 2003 7:06 pm

I'm a bit slow here....um...so a tera byte is much larger than a gigabyte..yes? by how much
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Postby chaoticstormbringer » Wed Mar 12, 2003 7:19 pm

about 1 terrabyte = 1024 gigabytes i think
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Postby gadoo » Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:36 pm

hmm....that's gonna be hard to remember
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Postby kthulhu » Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:51 pm

That is apparently 1,048,576 megabytes.
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