Is this the same issue as posted a few days ago? One way or another that thread got removed, but I did some digging.
If I remember well the file you wanted to restore was 4 GB, and it was stored on another computer, wasn't ist? The filesystem that the backup computer uses might explain your problem. Windows XP uses the NTFS file system, whereas Windows 98, or Windows Me uses FAT 32. Older Windows versions uses FAT. In principle this is not a problem, except that if the file size becomes to large things can go wrong. The cause is the following. The maximum file size FAT can deal with is 2 GB, whereas, FAT 32 can still read 4 GB files, and the NTFS can read file sizes as large as the physical disk is. Since your file size is close to 4 GB and definitely above 2 GB this might explain your problem.
So if your backup computer indeed uses FAT or FAT 32 you have a serious problem. I'm not aware of a method to solve that problem, sorry. If the backup computer also employs NTFS you still might have a chance to solve it, hopefully other people might help.
Yes this is the same issue. I did have troubles posting, which resulted in several blank posts, so maybe the administrator removed the original post?
Your suspicions are correct. The backup utility was executed on the XP machine, a second computer (running win 98 se) on a home network was selected as the store location for the backup file. It seems like if I copied the backup file back to the original XP machine, I should be able to run restore there. My son actually run the backup utility. Neither of us are familiar with it. He figured since it was part of windows XP it would be straight forward. Guess he should have run a trial run first.
Is there any third party software to uncompress files?
I'm not sure if it is possible to copy your backup file back to a XP machine, my concern is that the backup file is corrupted because you used FAT 32 to store this 4 GB. But I think that your solution is is the best thing to try. I'm not aware of other software that can help you with restoring this type of back-ups.
WillyTee
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January 22nd, 2004 23:00
jongkind
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January 23rd, 2004 15:00
Mark-MT,
Is this the same issue as posted a few days ago? One way or another that thread got removed, but I did some digging.
If I remember well the file you wanted to restore was 4 GB, and it was stored on another computer, wasn't ist? The filesystem that the backup computer uses might explain your problem. Windows XP uses the NTFS file system, whereas Windows 98, or Windows Me uses FAT 32. Older Windows versions uses FAT. In principle this is not a problem, except that if the file size becomes to large things can go wrong. The cause is the following. The maximum file size FAT can deal with is 2 GB, whereas, FAT 32 can still read 4 GB files, and the NTFS can read file sizes as large as the physical disk is. Since your file size is close to 4 GB and definitely above 2 GB this might explain your problem.
So if your backup computer indeed uses FAT or FAT 32 you have a serious problem. I'm not aware of a method to solve that problem, sorry. If the backup computer also employs NTFS you still might have a chance to solve it, hopefully other people might help.
Regards, Herman
Mark-MT
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January 24th, 2004 15:00
jongkind:
Yes this is the same issue. I did have troubles posting, which resulted in several blank posts, so maybe the administrator removed the original post?
Your suspicions are correct. The backup utility was executed on the XP machine, a second computer (running win 98 se) on a home network was selected as the store location for the backup file. It seems like if I copied the backup file back to the original XP machine, I should be able to run restore there. My son actually run the backup utility. Neither of us are familiar with it. He figured since it was part of windows XP it would be straight forward. Guess he should have run a trial run first.
Is there any third party software to uncompress files?
Mark-MT
jongkind
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January 24th, 2004 16:00
I'm not sure if it is possible to copy your backup file back to a XP machine, my concern is that the backup file is corrupted because you used FAT 32 to store this 4 GB. But I think that your solution is is the best thing to try. I'm not aware of other software that can help you with restoring this type of back-ups.
Herman