Backup file size limit

[Stephen Ford]

Just bought a 250Gb drive to take the from my PC (using System Tools >
Backup). All was well until backup file grew to 4Gb. It stopped with a file
size error for FAT32

How do I use Backup to get round this?

Can I use another HDD format?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You need to convert the file system from FAT32 to NTFS.

If you go to Start>Help and Support and type "convert to ntfs" in the
search box you will see the link to the instructions, which read:


"To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
Open the Command Prompt window.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs
format.

Notes

To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command. "

 

[Stephen Ford]

Thanks for your reply.
I couldn't get this to work so I am trying the windows format option (right
click drive in My Computer) with FileSystem = NTFS. It's taking ages, but I
suppose it is 250Gb...

convert p: /fs:ntfs at the command prompt (with full admin rights) gives "no
file found at p:"

Any thoughts?

Stephen

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No ideas. I don't know enough about your setup.

Thanks for your reply.
I couldn't get this to work so I am trying the windows format option
(right click drive in My Computer) with FileSystem = NTFS. It's taking
ages, but I suppose it is 250Gb...

convert p: /fs:ntfs at the command prompt (with full admin rights) gives
"no file found at p:"

Any thoughts?

Stephen

 

[Stephen Ford]

Thanks for trying. The windows format has worked. Backup created an 8GB
file, so problem solved.

Stephen

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

Thanks for trying. The windows format has worked. Backup created an 8GB
file, so problem solved.

Stephen







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You should try to restore the backup to prove that it works now! Don't
wait 'til you need it before you discover that it doesn't work!

Don't restore you backup to your working system, in case it trashes
it.
Beg, borrow, buy a spare hard disk big enough to take the system
restore.
Unplug you working disk, and plug in your spare.
Restore your system to the spare disk, just to prove, beyond any
doubt, that your backup/restore will put your system back to how it
was, should disaster strike.
When you prove that it works, unplug your spare, and store it away for
safe keeping, and plug your original back in, safe in the knowledge
that you CAN restore to bare metal, should you hard disk go toes up..

Good luck.