How to backup large volumes

[danomaniac]

Question:
I have a win 2k pro machine with a 120 gb hd that I use for a file/backup server. It contains all of our engineering data-CAD files, etc. Currently it's around 40 gb total size. I purchased some 120 gb external USB Western Digital hard drives that I want to use for my backups but I can't seem to make it work. I'm using NT Backup. I start the backup session and it errors out around 4 gb saying the fixed media is full. I specify the USB drive as the backup location, but I guess I'm missing something. Can anyone offer assistance? Thanks.

Dan

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[wolluf]

What filestore are you using for external drive and how large is largest file you're backing up? (just in case the answers are fat32 and > 4GB, as 4GB is max file size for fat32 filestore).

 

[danomaniac]

Well, I should have thought of that. The drive was formatted for FAT32 - I've converted it to NTFS - I'll let you know if I still have problems, but I don't suspect I will.

Thanks again.

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