Re: backup issue

From: Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\) (hunter(nospamplease)_at_sfs.upenn.edu)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:14:13 -0400

If I am understanding you correctly, you're trying to determine the maximum
file size on a FAT32 vs. an NTFS partition:

FAT32 partitions have a maximum file size limitation of 4GB for a single
file, which is consistent with what you're describing.

NTFS partitions have a single file-size limit, at least in theory of 16
exabytes (which is the next order of magnitute larger than terabytes, unless
I'm greatly mistaken.)

If you need to store a single file that is 40GB in size, you should format
the drive in question with NTFS, not FAT32. 

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Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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"bk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:10c4201c440c7$b444e4e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>I am using Veritas Backup system on windows 2003 server, I
> have two Maxtor (160 GB) external hard drive. One drive
> has FAT32 file system and other has NTFS. I have 40 GB of
> data to backup. When I backup file on FAT32 drive, after
> completion of backup, I see there is 9-10 files backed up,
> each file size is not more that 4 GB (its like 10 x 4 GB =
> 40 GB). Is it due to the file system? I am wondering, this
> is preferred method of backup or not and also do still
> restore my data from this method or not.
>
> Which file system is recommended for veritas backup, FAT32
> or NTFS. Please help me on this, thanking in advance.

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