Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), cannot read DVD-RW disks that use the Universal Disk Format (UDF) 2.00 defect management system. When you view the DVD contents by using Windows Explorer, you see an empty root folder. This problem occurs if the UDF defect management system creates a sparing table that spans more than one sector on the DVD-RW disk. Windows XP SP2 cannot read a sparing table that is larger than one sector. Windows XP SP2 can recognize that a DVD is using UDF. However, Windows Explorer displays the contents of a DVD as an empty folder. One can update the computer to Windows XP Service Pack 3, or to apply a hotfix to address this specific problem

The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte (232−1 bytes). Video applications, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit. Larger files require another formatting type such as NTFS.