Should be simple, right?

[cmfulmer]

I'm having some problems. Here's what I want to do. I bought a 60 GB ext. firewire drive to backup my internal 60 GB drive. I want to once a month go and completely backup or clone my internal drive byte for byte to my external. The external will be stored in a fire safe for protection. This should be simple, right? It's not. And I don't know how to get this damn software to do it. When I try to 'backup' it says I'll be short by 16 GB (I only have 35 GB of my internal drive filled, so WTF). When I try to duplicate the drive it gets about 5 GB into it and says execution incomplete do to something( I'm not sure). Anyway, what should be a simple 1,2,3 process is not. Any help or suggestions(other software) would be appreciated.

[lv2ski]

It appears that you are hitting a 4GB file size limitation of a drive

 

formatted in FAT32. File backup sets are limited to the maximum file size

 

allowed by the file system used to format the disk:

 

 

 

o FAT: 2 GB

 

o FAT32: 4 GB

 

o NTFS: 1 TB

 

 

 

If you were running Windows NT or 2000, you could reformat the drive in NTFS

 

(or convert it).

 

 

 

In order to get around the 4GB file size limitation in FAT32, you have two

 

choices:

 

 

 

You can break your backup into multiple backup sets, making sure each set is

 

below 4GB. The easiest way to accomplish this is to break up your source

 

volume into subvolumes (from Configure > Volumes), and select these as

 

sources for different backup sets.

 

 

 

You can also choose to use Retrospect's "Duplicate" function, which will

 

make an exact copy of your hard disk in Windows format. The disadvantage to

 

the Duplicate function is that compression will not be supported, as the

 

data will be kept in Windows format. However, the 4GB file size limit will

 

not come into play here. Another disadvantage of using Duplicate is that

 

the registry will not be copied to the external hard disk using Retrospect

 

Express. if you are using Desktop, make sure you turn the option to copy

 

the Registry on under Options > Windows > System > System State.

 

 

 

What is the difference between backups and Duplicate?

 

 

 

* Backups copy files in a proprietary format only accessible using

 

Retrospect. Duplicate copies files in Windows format so they can be opened

 

or used right on the backup disk without having to go through Retrospect.

 

 

 

* Backups can employ compression whereas Duplicate cannot.

 

 

 

* Backups can save old data incrementally so files deleted from the source

 

are still available in the backup. Duplicate basically keeps a mirror image

 

of the source so each Duplicate operation destroys previous data and only

 

retains the current files.

 

 

 

 

 

How do you do a Duplicate?

 

 

 

(This can be done manually or with a script).

 

 

 

1. Immediate > Duplicate.

 

2. Select the hard drive or folder you want copied.

 

3. Select the hard drive you want to store your data on.

 

4. Make any necessary changes in options or in what files you want copied

 

and click Duplicate. It's that simple.

 

 

 

Subsequent Duplicate operations will be incremental, only copying files that

 

have been modified or are new.

 

 

 

Retrospect Express for Windows does not copy the registry during the

 

"Duplicate" operations, only during Backup.