Re: Backup

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"gman" <gman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I recently installed the Backup Wizard from Xp Home Edition cd because I
> wanted to backup an entire partition to an external hard drive. I
> selected
> the drive in the Wizard, started a backup, but when it got to 4 gig of
> backup
> I received the message that a backup file cannot exceed 4 gigs and, also,
> stating that the operation failed. Is there any way around this
> limitation
> using Backup? How can one backup an entire drive with a limitation of 4
> gigs? Eventually, I just copied the partition to the external drive by
> using
> copy and paste in Windows Explorer. However, that took quite some time.
> (I
> have Norton System Works with the Clone Disk feature, but for some reason
> it
> is stating that the device I am attempting to copy to is not present and
> that
> additional drivers may need to be installed. Odd, and not understandable
> by
> me as Windows recognizes the drive and the copying of the partition files
> was
> accomplished without a problem doing it the way I did it.)
>
> Any help rendered would be appreciated.

The external drive is formatted as FAT32. The largest file size XP can use
on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB. You can convert the volume to NTFS and then the
backup will work as long as the volume is large enough.

NOTE!!! Once the drive is converted to NTFS older versions of Windows i.e.
95/98/Me won't be able to access it. Also backup any important data on the
drive before converting it. See the following link for details on converting
a volume to NTFS.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881

It is easier to use an imaging program like the ones Modem Ani mentioned.

Kerry


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