Windows operating systems

Maximum file size for operations

The maximum file sizes for backup and restore, and archive and retrieve operations depends on the Windows file system that is used.

The following table shows the maximum file size, in bytes, for backing up, restoring, and retrieving data.

Table 1. Maximum file size
File system Maximum file size (in bytes)
Windows operating systemsFAT16 Windows operating systems2 147 483 647 (2 GB)
Windows operating systemsFAT32 Windows operating systems4 294 967 295 (4 GB)
Windows operating systemsNTFS and ReFS Windows operating systems17 592 185 978 880 (16 TB-64 K)