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Problems backing up my PC

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Lindylou, 2006/03/07.

  1. 2006/03/07
    Lindylou

    Lindylou Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi:
    I just purchased a Seagate external hard drive and went to back up my pc and got this message (I was backing up "everything on my
    computer ".
    I have a 20 gig pc, half full, and a 100 gig external hard drive.
    ERROR MESSAGE:
    "YOU HAVE EITHER RUN OUT OF SPACE OR THE BACKUP FILE IS TOO LARGE FOR THIS DISK. NOTE; IF THIS DISK IS FORMATTED WITH FAT32, THE MAX POSSIBLE SIZE FOR THE BACKUP FILE IS LIMITED TO 4 GIG "

    Can anyone help??
    Thanks!
    Lindylou​
     
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    Arie

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    You need to format the external drive with NTFS.
     
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    Lindylou

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    Trying to back-up my PC

    Arie:
    Thanks for your reply, but......
    what is NTFS??
    "You need to format the external drive with NTFS. "
    Thanks,
    Lindylou
     
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    Arie

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    NTFS is a file-system (ableit more advanced) like FAT, FAT16 & FAT32.

    Right-click the drive in Explorer & select Format. In the File System drop-down, select NTFS.
     
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    Lindylou

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    It worked.....but

    Hi Arie:
    Yes, that worked; got my external drive reformatted and backed up my system; however, it wouldn't let me made a recovery disk. It gave me an error message, something about going on-line for help. Can you tell me how to make a recovery disk??
    Thanks much:)
     
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  7. 2006/03/09
    Arie

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    What software are you using?

    Normally a "recovery CD" refers to a Windows XP -type CD that larger OEMs use. You'll boot from that CD, & it'll wipe your hard drive and re-installs the OS (and any apps provided by your OEM), so it will be in the same state as you first got it.
     
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    Lindylou

    Lindylou Inactive Thread Starter

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    RE; making recovery disk

    Arie:
    Software for what? I just went to Accessories and back-up to backup my pc. it said something about a recovery disk, so figured I need one in case my hard drive crashed. Do I actually need one, or is the back-up copy of my entire pc enough in case of a crash?
    Thanks.
    Lindylou
     
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