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Help needed - Computer stuff
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On Jan 10, 8:07 am, John H. wrote:
I have a 160 GB external hard disk to which I tried to back up my documents
and settings using the Windows backup system.
After about a half hour, I get a message saying there's not enough room for
the backup, and that if the hard disk is FAT 32, the backup can be no
larger than 4 GB. So I checked, and sure enough, the external HD is FAT 32.
Now what? I already have about 50 GB of stuff on the external HD that I
don't want to lose by reformatting (if that's what's required).
--
John H
"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."
Don't make it any more complicated than it needs to be. Just by a new
big external HD, they are cheap.
What's next? A treatise on computer science from the ReggieJerk that
summarizes something he read somewhere?
All Herring has to do is CONVERT the drive from FAT32 to NTFS. It is a
simple, straightforward procedure and the data on the drive will still
be there.
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