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10-03-2007
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I am trying to backup all my data onto an external hard drive from my laptop so i can do a clean install of Windows Vista on that laptop. It is a 60gb external drive, and I was halfway through the easy transfer process when it said i ran out of space. Do i need to reformat my external drive to be able to hold all the data before trying again? It is formatted as FAT32 now. Thanks  |
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10-03-2007
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FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB, so if EZXfer plops everything into one massive file, that certainly could have been the problem. Just use XP's Disk Management to reformat the external drive to NTFS and you will at least address that possibility. "john" wrote: > I am trying to backup all my data onto an external hard drive from my laptop > so i can do a clean install of Windows Vista on that laptop. It is a 60gb > external drive, and I was halfway through the easy transfer process when it > said i ran out of space. Do i need to reformat my external drive to be able > to hold all the data before trying again? It is formatted as FAT32 now. Thanks |
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10-03-2007
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Thanks im trying that now "Dan at ITAssociates" wrote: > FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB, so if EZXfer plops everything into one > massive file, that certainly could have been the problem. Just use XP's Disk > Management to reformat the external drive to NTFS and you will at least > address that possibility. > > "john" wrote: > > > I am trying to backup all my data onto an external hard drive from my laptop > > so i can do a clean install of Windows Vista on that laptop. It is a 60gb > > external drive, and I was halfway through the easy transfer process when it > > said i ran out of space. Do i need to reformat my external drive to be able > > to hold all the data before trying again? It is formatted as FAT32 now. Thanks |
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