What is the largest single file that you can store on an NTFS file system?

4 TB is a limit often associated with maximum partition sizes for MBR disks, not the capability of a single file on an NTFS volume, which can hold much larger files.

8 TB is not a specific, commonly recognized limit for a single file on an NTFS file system; NTFS's actual capabilities are either 16 EB theoretically or 16 TB in certain practical contexts.

The NTFS file system technically supports single files up to 16 Exabytes minus 1 KB. However, 16 TB is frequently cited as a practical or effectively reachable maximum file size within various operating system versions, storage configurations, or older educational materials, making it the intended answer here.

32 GB is typically the maximum volume size that Windows can format as FAT32, not the maximum size for a single file on an NTFS file system, which supports significantly larger files.