[Gllug] OT - Windows backup problem.

[john levin]

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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