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Thread ID: 27245	2002-11-18 01:09:00	Can only Backup Win2k to 3.99GB on same drive	vandaman (2312)	Press F1

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99303	2002-11-18 01:09:00	I want to Backup everything on my Hard drive (about 6GB on a 18GB h/drive) and sent it on to a server on my network for safe keeping. Using the Backup program that came with Win2k Pro., it starts off OK then informs me that the media is full - has not completed - and will be stopped. I look for the backup file and it is 3.99GB. I also want to run it with the scheduler. 1. Any ideas on how to get past the limitation of 3.99GB? 2. I made a schedule to run the backup once a week when I know I am not using the PC and asked it to run if there is no other activity but when I get back to my PC I find it still waiting for user input to go ahead with the backup. What do you guys and gals suggest?	vandaman (2312)
99304	2002-11-18 01:29:00	Vandaman, You need to use the command line backup utility NTBACKUP. For help on this command type ntbackup /? at a command prompt. You can use the NTBACKUP command within a batch script and schedule that script. BTW what file system are you using on your W2k system? Babe.	Babe Ruth (416)
99305	2002-11-18 01:32:00	Are you backing up to a file? If so what OS is the file server running? What filesystem is used on the file server drive you are backing up to? Sounds like the drive you are backing up to is using FAT32. You might want to use NTFS .	BIFF (1)
99306	2002-11-18 03:40:00	Is the output file on a network drive? How much free space is there on that drive? You will find that a compressing programme will use a big work file, as well as the output file. There may also be a quota limitation on the server.	Graham L (2)
99307	2002-11-19 02:58:00	I am using the FAT32 file system. I planned to make the backup locally and then manually transfer it to the server when it was finished.	vandaman (2312)
99308	2002-11-19 03:03:00	It seem that there is a maximum file size of 4GB. :D Can you make the backup programme use a "spanned" mode, in which it makes as many files as it needs "up to" a size you set. ZIP does this.	Graham L (2)
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