Re: Backups and connections.

[Johnny B Good <jcs.computersbutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The message <wv5M0VAzUzcIFxOi@xxxxxxxxxx>
from "<p>sychotic <c>hicken" <"\"Bill Jillians\""@mysteryisp.com>
contains these words:

> Hello again.

> After the mess of trying to upgrade to SP3 and my computer being 
> unusable as a result I have now reinstalled SP2 although the set up is 
> not as reliable as it used to be.

> To prevent further mishaps I have purchased Acronis True Image 9.0 and 
> made a back up of all my files.  This backup is 14 Gb in size.

> I have a space 80Gb hard disk that I wanted to write this backup to as a 
> means of keeping my files safe.  It is formatted with Fat32.  Whenever I 
> tried to write the image file onto the scratch hd I got the message 
> "insufficient space".  This in spite of there being 70Gb free on the 
> scratch drive.

> Can I assume that FAT32 has a file limit size lower than 14Gb which will 
> not allow me to save my back up data?

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 (Hint: GIYF!)

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Regards, John.

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