Lionel said:
Using Windows XP Pro backup, I get a "tape is full" message after recording
4,291,162,811 bytes on a 16GB Toshiba USB flash drive. New drive,
reformatted, and I can copy 15GB to the drive with Windows Explorer.
How can I get backup to use the whole drive?
Thanks.
Lionel
I don't know if what you're doing, amounts to writing one large file
or not. But you should know that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for
a single file. That is probably what is tripping at the 4GB mark,
and the file system error is being mapped to a "tape is full" error.
According to Uwe Sieber, one way to convert the USB stick to NTFS,
is to use the "convert" command, rather than fighting with
Disk Management or using some other method. (I actually
set mine to NTFS, by using Linux
)
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbstick_e.html#ntfs_format
convert u: /fs:ntfs
In that example, the USB stick happens to be drive U:.
Change the drive letter in the command, according to
the letter your USB drive is currently using.
HTH,
Paul