Windows XP Backup

[Guest]

Hi, I've used the Windows XP Backup facility in the 'Performance and
Maintenance' section of the Control Panel. I backed up to a Maxtor external
hard drive with approximatly 55G.B of free space. The backup facility has
created a 4G.B file but I received an error message that there was not enough
room. Do I have a working backup and can I safely ignore the error message?
(I have not found this issue addressed in the Knowledge Base.) Please advise.
Many thanks, Stephen

 

[Guest]

Hello Stephen,
It depends on what files you backed up. You can use the back-up option
in XP to only back up the files that are most important you.
Ron J

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Apparently, your external hard drive is formatted FAT32.
You need to format it NTFS if you wish to transfer files
larger than 4GB to it.

1. Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
2. Click on DISK MANAGEMENT.
3. Right-click on your external drive and select FORMAT.
4. Select NTFS from the File System pull-down menu.
5. Click on OK.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Hi, I've used the Windows XP Backup facility in the 'Performance and
| Maintenance' section of the Control Panel. I backed up to a Maxtor external
| hard drive with approximatly 55G.B of free space. The backup facility has
| created a 4G.B file but I received an error message that there was not enough
| room. Do I have a working backup and can I safely ignore the error message?
| (I have not found this issue addressed in the Knowledge Base.) Please advise.
| Many thanks, Stephen