JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
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.
This is turning out to be just as funny as the battery charger thread he
started.
BTW: You were spot on regarding conversion of FAT32 to NTFS. Even a 10
year old kid can do it w/o a problem.
It obviously is too complicated a procedure for many of the "computer
experts" here, who suggested he needed a new hard drive, a new computer,
a new operating system, a new hairpiece, new teeth, whatever. Some of
these "computer experts" probably have the same level of "boating
expertise."
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