PLEOMAX USBPOWERDRIVE UHD8G from Samsung

[Imre Bella]

I just bought one of these flash drives to back up some of the more
important data on my computer (Windows XP), and for some reason the backup
was terminated after only a little over half the capacity was reached:
showing free space of 3.41GB, from the capacity 7.42GB.
The File system was FAT 32. Could this be the reason? And what are the
alternative?

Would much appreciate comments/advise...thanks...Emry

 

[bojimbo26one]

I just bought one of these flash drives to back up some of the more
important data on my computer (Windows XP), and for some reason the backup
was terminated after only a little over half the capacity was reached:
showing free space of 3.41GB, from the capacity 7.42GB.
The File system was FAT 32. Could this be the reason? And what are the
alternative?

Would much appreciate comments/advise...thanks...Emry

Possibly not enough space ; I would buy one with at least 50% more
space " over the top " .

 

[LVTravel]

How were you backing up the files. If you are using a program that
compresses the files into one container file, yes that is your problem since
a FAT 32 file can only be 4 GB in size. 7.42 minus 4 is just about what you
have left (3.41 GB).

You would have to either format the flash drive to NTFS or break up your
backup into smaller chunks to save it. NTFS has no individual file size
limit.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I just bought one of these flash drives to back up some of the more
important data on my computer (Windows XP), and for some reason the backup
was terminated after only a little over half the capacity was reached:
showing free space of 3.41GB, from the capacity 7.42GB.
The File system was FAT 32. Could this be the reason? And what are the
alternative?

Yes, that's the reason. FAT32 has a limit of 4GB for a single file.
Use NTFS instead.

 

[Imre Bella]

Thanks Ken, alas I do not know how to use NTFS....IB

 

[Nepatsfan]

I just bought one of these flash drives to back up some of the more important
data on my computer (Windows XP), and for some reason the backup was terminated
after only a little over half the capacity was reached: showing free space of
3.41GB, from the capacity 7.42GB.
The File system was FAT 32. Could this be the reason? And what are the
alternative?

Would much appreciate comments/advise...thanks...Emry

As long as you don't plan on using this flash drive with a computer running an
earlier version of Windows, you could format it NTFS.

Format a USB Flash Drive NTFS
http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks Ken, alas I do not know how to use NTFS....IB

There's very little you need to know. Just reformat the drive and
choose NTFS.

 

[Imre Bella]

As long as you don't plan on using this flash drive with a computer
running an
earlier version of Windows, you could format it NTFS.

Format a USB Flash Drive NTFS
http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Thanks, I suppose the ntfs site would show me how?! IB

 

[Imre Bella]

There's very little you need to know. Just reformat the drive and
choose NTFS.

Thanks again, I guess one has to learn how to reformat!? IB

 

[Olórin]

Thanks again, I guess one has to learn how to reformat!? IB

If you've looked at that website Nepatsfan linked to, you'll see that the
instructions are all there.

Don't forget to back up the data already on the drive first.

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