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Answer by user953266 for Why the maximum file size of a FAT32 formatted...

Most likely because each file is defined by its directory entry, which has a 32-bit value "file size in bytes", see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system#Directory_entry I guess...

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Why the maximum file size of a FAT32 formatted volume is 4GB in windows OS?

The size of File Allocation Table(FAT) depends on the number of clusters, the version used, the size of volume used. For example, a volume with size 8GB and formatted as FAT32 with 4096 bytes sized...

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