External tricky drive formatting?

I enjoy a new acromedia 300GB external rock-hard drive.

i need to put some files onto it that are bigger than 4GB, but that's the most one folder could be on the drive.

How can i format it so the files can be bigger?

it is already formated in NTFS.

External tricky drive formatting?

Please insure that the External intricate drive is actually formatted using the NTFS directory system. A lot of external hard drives are FAT 32 formatted so as to allow files transfers from elder computers running Windows 98.



The NTFS file system permit unlimited file size. The FAT 32 folder system only allows files up to 4 GB.



From http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs...

The course that NTFS first attempts to store files is entirely within the MFT register for the file. If the record is too big, it extends the file's data using structures such as external attributes and facts runs. This flexible system allows files to be extended in size virtually indefinitely. In certainty, under NTFS, within is no maximum file size. A single folder can be made to take up the entire contents of a volume (less the space used for the MFT itself and other internal structures and overhead.)
Right click and choose Format
several option:

- split the file

- reformat drive next to file system that supports files larger than 4GB (few linux FSs support that but consequently again i don't know how it will work in Windows environment