Dear Experts,
i followed the instructions to install the backup program from XP home
edition. i have a 160GB external drive and connected to the program. i ran it
and it only copied 4gb, saying that that 4gb is the limit for the program to
copy files. as i take lots of digital pictures i have about 40 gb on my
computer and cant find a free and easy to use backup program.

anyway to get around this 4gb limit, or any freeware suggestions for easy to
use backup software - any help greatly appreciated!
--
ns baltimore

"ns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0D2BAC04-283E-47EE-8222-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear Experts,
> i followed the instructions to install the backup program from XP home
> edition. i have a 160GB external drive and connected to the program. i ran
> it
> and it only copied 4gb, saying that that 4gb is the limit for the program
> to
> copy files. as i take lots of digital pictures i have about 40 gb on my
> computer and cant find a free and easy to use backup program.
>
> anyway to get around this 4gb limit, or any freeware suggestions for easy
> to
> use backup software - any help greatly appreciated!
> --
> ns baltimore


The 4GB limit is due to your external drive being formatted in FAT32. You
need to convert it to NTFS

Merlin, thanks for the advice. any idea how to convert my western digital
external hard drive into the NTFS from FAT - without deleting all that i have
in it!

thanks
--
ns baltimore


"Merlin" wrote:

> "ns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0D2BAC04-283E-47EE-8222-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Dear Experts,
> > i followed the instructions to install the backup program from XP home
> > edition. i have a 160GB external drive and connected to the program. i ran
> > it
> > and it only copied 4gb, saying that that 4gb is the limit for the program
> > to
> > copy files. as i take lots of digital pictures i have about 40 gb on my
> > computer and cant find a free and easy to use backup program.
> >
> > anyway to get around this 4gb limit, or any freeware suggestions for easy
> > to
> > use backup software - any help greatly appreciated!
> > --
> > ns baltimore
>
>
> The 4GB limit is due to your external drive being formatted in FAT32. You
> need to convert it to NTFS
>
>
>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...+%2B%22ntfs%22


"ns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:210A9975-9318-473E-8D94-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Merlin, thanks for the advice. any idea how to convert my western digital
> external hard drive into the NTFS from FAT - without deleting all that i
> have
> in it!
>
> thanks
> --
> ns baltimore
>
>
> "Merlin" wrote:
>
>> "ns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0D2BAC04-283E-47EE-8222-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Dear Experts,
>> > i followed the instructions to install the backup program from XP home
>> > edition. i have a 160GB external drive and connected to the program. i
>> > ran
>> > it
>> > and it only copied 4gb, saying that that 4gb is the limit for the
>> > program
>> > to
>> > copy files. as i take lots of digital pictures i have about 40 gb on my
>> > computer and cant find a free and easy to use backup program.
>> >
>> > anyway to get around this 4gb limit, or any freeware suggestions for
>> > easy
>> > to
>> > use backup software - any help greatly appreciated!
>> > --
>> > ns baltimore
>>
>>
>> The 4GB limit is due to your external drive being formatted in FAT32. You
>> need to convert it to NTFS
>>
>>
>>