title: Why are FAT32 disks limited to 4GB files?
body: <p>I'm not looking for a workaround; I'd like an explanation. Most of the links I found through Google just tell me that the file limit is 4GB, but not why. </p>
  
  <p>I am aware of the explanation by Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32</a></p>
  
  <p>But this still does not go into detail about why. (What does SCANDISK have to do with it?)</p>
  
  <p>Maybe then I will understand whether it's possible to overcome the 4GB file size limit. </p>