Windows XP Backup limited to only 4 gig

[Brian Heimert]

Windows XP Backup limited to only 4 gig

I am only able to back up a file from either network and or local drive the size of 4 gig. It allows the selecting and see's it but only backs up 4 gig. This is going to an external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or FireWire drives a 120 GB .

I am able to run multiple job but would really like only one backup job.



Brian Heimert
System Administrator
(602) 744-6534

 

[Test User]

Windows XP Backup limited to only 4 gig

I am only able to back up a file from either network and or local drive

the size of 4 gig. It allows the selecting and see's it but only backs up 4
gig. This is going to an external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or
FireWire drives a 120 GB .

I am able to run multiple job but would really like only one backup job.

Is the external drive formatted NTFS?

 

[Dr. Dos]

Windows XP Backup limited to only 4 gig

I am only able to back up a file from either network and or local drive the size of 4 gig. It allows the selecting and see's it but only backs up 4 gig. This is going to an external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or FireWire drives a 120 GB .

I am able to run multiple job but would really like only one backup job.



Brian Heimert
System Administrator
(602) 744-6534

Brian

Change the settings on your backup software from creating
the backup to a FILE to creating a backup to a DISK. I don't
know about XP, but in Win9X there is a 4GB file size maximum.

I backup 2 HDDs with 9 partitions (about 40GB) in one swell
foop to an external USB (slower than hell in usb 1.1). I use
a Maxtor 1 Touch II 300 GB drive partitioned to three 99GB
parts. The Maxtor software is Dantz Retrospect 6. It works
OK. I "backup to disk" and backup all my drives at once with
one set of commands.

Does this help you?

 

[SpongeBob SquarePants]

Backup is not limited, but what is limited is the file system being used -
sounds like your drive(s) are formatted FAT32, which has a 4GB max limit on
any 1 file. Changing your file system to NTFS will yield a theoretical max
file size of 16EB (exabytes or 2 to the 64th) with a practical
implementation of 16TB (terabytes or 2 to the 44th).

--
"SpongeBob SquarePants"
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"

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