Re: W2K Backup Problem with NTBACKUP.EXE

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From: Doug Allen [MSFT] (dougall_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:22:52 -0500

I agree. In fact, if it was my box I would say convert it to NTFS using the
convert command. 

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Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
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> "Byrom Wehner" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:631b01c4012f$cd5d21e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Thanks! It is a FAT32 drive. I suspected that there was
> > probably some kind of file size limitation, but could not
> > readily find the information. Related question: My primary
> > drive is FAT32. Would there be a probably mixing FAT32 and
> > NTFS drives on the same system?
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >If your target drive is FAT32 (rather than NTFS) then
> > >you are limited to a maximum file size of 4 GBytes.
> > >
> > >
> > >"Byrom Wehner" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote in message
> > >news:5b7901c400cf$66ce4180$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> I use a second hard drive (40 GB) for backups. I was
> > >> trying to do a "full" (normal) backup of (estimated)
> > about
> > >> 4.5 GB and 59,447 files. When I started, my backup hard
> > >> drive had about 7 GB in use and 30 GB free,
> > defragmented.
> > >> Shortly before the backup completed, I got an error
> > >> message "Insert Media: The fixed media is full. You
> > cannot
> > >> backup all of the specified data to this disk device.
> > The
> > >> backup operation will stop." The backup log says "End of
> > >> Media encountered while backing up to non-removable
> > >> media." The "files processed" shows about 4.2 GB and
> > >> 54,989 files. The hard drive still shows 26.6 GB free.
> > As
> > >> far as I can tell, Windows 2000 recognizes the correct
> > >> size of the backup hard drive.
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

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