Back up to a remote storage device

I configured windows to control the computer backup, sending the data to an
external hard drive. The system displays the hardrive name & location, so I
know it connected. However, the back up never succeeds. What can I do?
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Best regards,

Frank

Is the format of the external hard drive FAT32 ?
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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I configured windows to control the computer backup, sending the data to an
> external hard drive. The system displays the hardrive name & location, so
> I
> know it connected. However, the back up never succeeds. What can I do?
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Frank

Thanks Bob. Yes it is. I tried to change the format using the command
prompt, but it did not work. I tried re-installing it this morning & found
that I another fundamental problem that may prevent the use of the external
hard drive. After launching the installation program for the hard drive,
nothing happened. Eventually I got an error message; "An error occurred
while launching the setup. The Remote procedure call failed". I have seen
this error several time while trying to install software recently. My virus
scan is up to date & full scans have revealed nothing amiss. Now what?
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Best regards,

Frank


"Bob" wrote:

> Is the format of the external hard drive FAT32 ?
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> *Report back, please*
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>
> "Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:522B5757-D86E-444B-8C91-9BCC765B886B@microsoft.com...
> >I configured windows to control the computer backup, sending the data to an
> > external hard drive. The system displays the hardrive name & location, so
> > I
> > know it connected. However, the back up never succeeds. What can I do?
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Frank
>
>

The FAT32 file system has a 4 GB limit for the size of file that it can
accept to be saved onto it. This means that any attempt to save a file that
is larger than 4 GB will be met with an error message of “Disk is full or
Not enough space� even though the hard drive may have a large amount of
space still available.

Google "convert fat32 ntfs".
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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F61337A-8850-4CF9-888C-CAE5F4C98916@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Bob. Yes it is. I tried to change the format using the command
> prompt, but it did not work. I tried re-installing it this morning &
> found
> that I another fundamental problem that may prevent the use of the
> external
> hard drive. After launching the installation program for the hard drive,
> nothing happened. Eventually I got an error message; "An error occurred
> while launching the setup. The Remote procedure call failed". I have
> seen
> this error several time while trying to install software recently. My
> virus
> scan is up to date & full scans have revealed nothing amiss. Now what?
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Frank
>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> Is the format of the external hard drive FAT32 ?
>> -------
>> *Report back, please*
>>
>>
>> "Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:522B5757-D86E-444B-8C91-9BCC765B886B@microsoft.com...
>> >I configured windows to control the computer backup, sending the data to
>> >an
>> > external hard drive. The system displays the hardrive name & location,
>> > so
>> > I
>> > know it connected. However, the back up never succeeds. What can I
>> > do?
>> > --
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Frank
>>
>>