[Gllug] OT - Windows backup problem.
john levin
john at technolalia.org
Thu Aug 24 08:26:35 UTC 2006
john gennard wrote:
> A friend asked how to backup data on a W2000 installation.
> There is a backup facility, so arrogantly I said it should
> be easy. Not so, for it seems a fixed 4 Gig has been set as
> a maximum size drive. The disk to which the backup is intended
> to go is 14 Gig, but backing up ceases at 4Gig.
>
> I know little about Windows, and can find no means of making
> the whole 14 Gig available.
>
> Can anyone assist please.
>
> John.
>
> P.S. The W2000 installation has a FAT filesystem.
>
>
Possibly (I don't have a windows installation at my fingertips) it's
because Windows Backup saves everything as a single file, and FAT can't
handle files larger than 4gb.
John
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