How to view big files on Windows?

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Sometimes we need to view large files - 30M-100M.

Usually we use FAR viewer for this. Sometimes we need to copy to clipboard long traces from this file. But it is possible to copy only one screen in FAR viewer.

What can be used for this purpose?
It should be GUI and freeware.

UPDATE: We need to have ability navigate over the file and see updates of the file in the meantime (eg tail -f)

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