When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.

Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?

Thanks
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010

How are you trying to backup the pst?
You can refer http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm


"Giles T" wrote:

> When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
> room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
> file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.
>
> Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Giles Taylor
> 617.965.3010

A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is closed. In
other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk for
errors already?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
> room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
> file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.
>
> Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Giles Taylor
> 617.965.3010

I've tried to back up the file onto two drives. One external and the other
through my network onto our server. Both were by drag and drop.

I'll go to the link you sent and see if it helps.

Thanks,
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010


"Giles T" wrote:

> When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
> room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
> file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.
>
> Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Giles Taylor
> 617.965.3010

I understand outlook.pst is a simple file. I have tried to drag and drop it
onto an extrenal drive and through our network to our server.

I'll try scanning the disc. However, I did a complete anti-virus scan of my
computer last week and I could not copy the file then either.
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is closed. In
> other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk for
> errors already?
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Giles Taylor
> > 617.965.3010
>

The site you refer suggested what I've always done. It did not work.

I have a feeling, the problem resides with the size of the file. it is 5
Gig. Does that make any sense to you?
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010


"Arun" wrote:

> How are you trying to backup the pst?
> You can refer http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
>
>
> "Giles T" wrote:
>
> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not enough
> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and my
> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my Outlook.
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Giles Taylor
> > 617.965.3010

Tried to make a copy locally already? 200GB available says nothing when you
copy it to your corporate server; you are very likely limited in the amount
of space you can use. If the external drive is FAT32 formatted then the
maximum size of a file is 4GB; make sure you are copying to an NTFS
formatted drive.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B7DFD3AF-4816-4567-920C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I understand outlook.pst is a simple file. I have tried to drag and drop it
> onto an extrenal drive and through our network to our server.
>
> I'll try scanning the disc. However, I did a complete anti-virus scan of
> my
> computer last week and I could not copy the file then either.
> --
> Giles Taylor
> 617.965.3010
>
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is closed.
>> In
>> other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk
>> for
>> errors already?
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not
>> > enough
>> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and
>> > my
>> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my
>> > Outlook.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>> > Giles Taylor
>> > 617.965.3010
>>

Robert,
That's the problem. I'm transfering the file from and to a FAT32 drive.

Do you know of any on-line back up services that can take a file over 4Gig?

Thanks for you help.
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Tried to make a copy locally already? 200GB available says nothing when you
> copy it to your corporate server; you are very likely limited in the amount
> of space you can use. If the external drive is FAT32 formatted then the
> maximum size of a file is 4GB; make sure you are copying to an NTFS
> formatted drive.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B7DFD3AF-4816-4567-920C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I understand outlook.pst is a simple file. I have tried to drag and drop it
> > onto an extrenal drive and through our network to our server.
> >
> > I'll try scanning the disc. However, I did a complete anti-virus scan of
> > my
> > computer last week and I could not copy the file then either.
> > --
> > Giles Taylor
> > 617.965.3010
> >
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is closed.
> >> In
> >> other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk
> >> for
> >> errors already?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >>
> >> -----
> >> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not
> >> > enough
> >> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available and
> >> > my
> >> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my
> >> > Outlook.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > --
> >> > Giles Taylor
> >> > 617.965.3010
> >>
>

If you can control the disks convert their filesystem to NTFS.
For the C:\ drive the command would be;
convert c: /fs:ntfs

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4140A173-E86B-4C59-A7B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Robert,
> That's the problem. I'm transfering the file from and to a FAT32 drive.
>
> Do you know of any on-line back up services that can take a file over
> 4Gig?
>
> Thanks for you help.
> --
> Giles Taylor
> 617.965.3010
>
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Tried to make a copy locally already? 200GB available says nothing when
>> you
>> copy it to your corporate server; you are very likely limited in the
>> amount
>> of space you can use. If the external drive is FAT32 formatted then the
>> maximum size of a file is 4GB; make sure you are copying to an NTFS
>> formatted drive.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:B7DFD3AF-4816-4567-920C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I understand outlook.pst is a simple file. I have tried to drag and drop
>> >it
>> > onto an extrenal drive and through our network to our server.
>> >
>> > I'll try scanning the disc. However, I did a complete anti-virus scan
>> > of
>> > my
>> > computer last week and I could not copy the file then either.
>> > --
>> > Giles Taylor
>> > 617.965.3010
>> >
>> >
>> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is
>> >> closed.
>> >> In
>> >> other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk
>> >> for
>> >> errors already?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>> >>
>> >> -----
>> >> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not
>> >> > enough
>> >> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available
>> >> > and
>> >> > my
>> >> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my
>> >> > Outlook.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > --
>> >> > Giles Taylor
>> >> > 617.965.3010
>> >>
>>

Roady,
Sorry I'm responding so late. Just wanted to thank you for your assistance.
Your advice was very accurate and very useful.
--
Giles Taylor
617.965.3010


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> If you can control the disks convert their filesystem to NTFS.
> For the C:\ drive the command would be;
> convert c: /fs:ntfs
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4140A173-E86B-4C59-A7B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Robert,
> > That's the problem. I'm transfering the file from and to a FAT32 drive.
> >
> > Do you know of any on-line back up services that can take a file over
> > 4Gig?
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> > --
> > Giles Taylor
> > 617.965.3010
> >
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Tried to make a copy locally already? 200GB available says nothing when
> >> you
> >> copy it to your corporate server; you are very likely limited in the
> >> amount
> >> of space you can use. If the external drive is FAT32 formatted then the
> >> maximum size of a file is 4GB; make sure you are copying to an NTFS
> >> formatted drive.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >>
> >> -----
> >> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:B7DFD3AF-4816-4567-920C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I understand outlook.pst is a simple file. I have tried to drag and drop
> >> >it
> >> > onto an extrenal drive and through our network to our server.
> >> >
> >> > I'll try scanning the disc. However, I did a complete anti-virus scan
> >> > of
> >> > my
> >> > computer last week and I could not copy the file then either.
> >> > --
> >> > Giles Taylor
> >> > 617.965.3010
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> A backup is a simple file copy which has to occur when Outlook is
> >> >> closed.
> >> >> In
> >> >> other words; Outlook is not involved in this. Tried scanning your disk
> >> >> for
> >> >> errors already?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> >> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> >> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> >> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >> >>
> >> >> -----
> >> >> "Giles T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >> news:9F3AA772-7927-45D9-AFE6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> > When I try to back up my outlook file, I get a message there is not
> >> >> > enough
> >> >> > room on the destination drive. However, there is 200 Gig available
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > file is 5 Gig. There is about 45 Gig on the computer that has my
> >> >> > Outlook.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Does anyone have any advice for me regarding this issue?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Giles Taylor
> >> >> > 617.965.3010
> >> >>
> >>
>