Yes it will take along time to do the way you do it. I know this as we do log files for our automated test for days and weeks. I would make a file around 300 to 500 megabytes, then "copy as" to the file until you reach close to 16 meg. Or using a photo that is high in bytes. Then "save as" Pic1, Pic2, etc,,,,
The picture way would be better I think now that I think about it.