Windows XP Backup

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Guest

Does anyone know if there is there a problem if I back up a NTFS HDD to a
FAT32 HDD using XP Backup???
My primary HDD is NTFS and my usual backup disk is a much smaller FAT32 that
I just back the contents of MyDocuments to.
I usually just copy and paste the files across but using XP Backup would
give me the option of storing much more system data (e.g. the registry).
 
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Hi,

You can, but keep in mind that the maximum file size in FAT32 is 4GB minus a
few bytes. If your backup exceeds this size, the disk write will fail.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 

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