20Gig Backup File won't backup

GoneShootin · 13-11-2006 9:14am #1

I've a 10Gig Windows Backup File that I want to transfer across to my Iomega 250Gb External USB Drive. But even though theres 100gigs+ free space on it, Windows tells me that the external volume is full?

Any ideas? Running XP Home btw.

Ginger · 13-11-2006 10:35am

If you external HDD is formatted as FAT32 the maximum file size is 2GB ..

I had the same prob with my iPod and a 4GB VHD file.

Either change the format to NTFS or use a compression utility to span the file to multiple smaller files

GoneShootin · 13-11-2006 2:29pm

Ginger wrote:

If you external HDD is formatted as FAT32 the maximum file size is 2GB ..

I'll check that - but surely the 250gig drive from Iomega would have come out properly formatted? Or is that a dangerous assumption to make

Ginger · 13-11-2006 2:32pm

NTFS can only be read by Windows NT/2000/XP so if this for use with Mac or Linux then well it will be formatted as FAT32.. FAT is by far the most common when you are using File systems between different os types..

aidan_walsh · 13-11-2006 2:33pm

Do you have Service Pack 2 installed?

EDIT: Never mind, what I was fishing towards apparently doesn't apply to USB devices.

GoneShootin · 13-11-2006 2:37pm

aidan_walsh wrote:

Do you have Service Pack 2 installed?

Yes

Ginger - that's a good point.

ob · 13-11-2006 5:25pm

Ginger wrote:

If you external HDD is formatted as FAT32 the maximum file size is 2GB ..

I had the same prob with my iPod and a 4GB VHD file.

Either change the format to NTFS or use a compression utility to span the file to multiple smaller files

The max file size for FAT32 is 4GB, it's 2GB for FAT16.

GoneShootin · 13-11-2006 5:35pm

ob wrote:

The max file size for FAT32 is 4GB, it's 2GB for FAT16.

Whatever it is, it was the FAT32 formatting that was the bother. Formatted to NTFS and she's backing those bits up.

Word.

20Gig Backup File won't backup

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