backup problem

[JG]

(Running XP Home, and Stomp BackupMyPC software, doing a backup
to file of 18gig plus in size, "all" files systems are NTFS)
My backup program cannot finish it's backup to a another machine's
USB drive on the network. I also tried doing the backup on the USB
attached to my machine (which does work) and then doing a simple
file manager copy to the other problem machine usb but that baulked
with same error, "Windows was unable to save the file"
We can access this usb drive normally but it's just a problem with
large files. My usb will only hold one backup so I have to delete it
before I can do another backup. I've set "all" sleep and hibernate off
on everything, I even went into network setup and set the problem
node to an alternate static ip address thinking the dhcp was somehow
renewing the lease before the backup was complete. We are at the end
of our wits with this. Everyone in the office uses this machine's USB
for backup but only my backup is too large.
Appreciate any comments?

 

[Arno Wagner]

(Running XP Home, and Stomp BackupMyPC software, doing a backup
to file of 18gig plus in size, "all" files systems are NTFS)
My backup program cannot finish it's backup to a another machine's
USB drive on the network.

What error/diagnostic does it give?

I also tried doing the backup on the USB
attached to my machine (which does work) and then doing a simple
file manager copy to the other problem machine usb but that baulked
with same error, "Windows was unable to save the file"

Ah, ok. According to Wikipedia, NTFS has a driver limit
of 16TiB, which is roughly 1000 times larger than the file that
gives you the error. Anyways, the problem is on the remote machine
and you backup program is very likely not involved.

We can access this usb drive normally but it's just a problem with
large files. My usb will only hold one backup so I have to delete it
before I can do another backup. I've set "all" sleep and hibernate off
on everything, I even went into network setup and set the problem
node to an alternate static ip address thinking the dhcp was somehow
renewing the lease before the backup was complete.

Should all be unrelated.

We are at the end of our wits with this. Everyone in the office uses
this machine's USB for backup but only my backup is too large.
Appreciate any comments?

What is the OS and patchlevel on the backup machine? Maybe it
has a 16GiB limit or even smaller. Can you write the file
to an ionternal disk on the backup machine?

Arno

 

[Arno Wagner]

What error/diagnostic does it give?

Ah, ok. According to Wikipedia, NTFS has a driver limit
of 16TiB, which is roughly 1000 times larger than the file that
gives you the error. Anyways, the problem is on the remote machine
and you backup program is very likely not involved.

Should all be unrelated.

What is the OS and patchlevel on the backup machine? Maybe it
has a 16GiB limit or even smaller. Can you write the file
to an ionternal disk on the backup machine?

Arno

P.S.: There is a possible fix: Most backup software allows you to
split your backup into smaller files, e.g. pieces that fit on
a wrotable DVD. Maybe try to go to 3.5GB (works even with FAT32)
or so file size. This should not slow down anything.

Arno