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Why is my downloaded DVD image smaller than 1 GB when it should be larger than 4 GB?

April 26, 2017downloaded DVD GB image larger smaller

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Why is my downloaded DVD image smaller than 1 GB when it should be larger than 4 GB?

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Most likely, the tool you use for downloading the image does not have large file support, i.e. it has problems downloading files larger than 4 GBytes. The usual symptom for this problem is that when you download the file, the file size reported by your tool (and the amount of data that it downloads) is too small by exactly 4 GB. For example, if the DVD image is 4.4 GB large, your tool will report a size of 0.4 GB.