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Acronis and FAT32 files

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I have a Hitachi 2T external HD and have been busy downloading lots of stuff to clear out my main hard drive. Altho I've had Acronis for some time, I've never really used it.

So, I did a backup of my computer to the "H" drive yesterday. It shows 24 separate backups. WHen I click one on, it shows that it is the C drive, rather than H. Is that what it should show? Why 24 separate backups?

I'm completely confused. Is this because the external drive is FAT 32?

I have WIndows XP.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks, Peggy

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Yes, FAT32 drives have a file size limitation of 2GB. Acronis does this automatically. If you only want a single large backup file you will have to format the external drive to NTFS.

Okay, so that's why there are 24 separate backups. But why, when I click on one of them, it no longer shows it's the "H" drive, but the "C" drive?

I don't mind lots of different backup files.

Oh yes, Acronis will work with FAT 32, yes?

Thanks, Peggy

Acronis shows the drive letter of the drive you backed up not the drive the backup file is on. Yes Acronis works with FAT32.

I've been successful in baking up weekly until yesterday when I received an error message that it can't back up to FAT32. I'm backing up to the same file which is huge and has plenty of room. Any suggestions? Thanks, Peggy

How much space is actually available on the drive you are backing up to? What is the exact error message?

It has 1.49 TB free. THe error message is: Nonstop backup does not support the file system on this partition. NTSF is required.

According to this article Nonstop backup requires a NTFS file system http://kb.acronis.com/content/24774. You can either use a scheduled task to make your backup periodically or convert the external hard drive to NTFS.

Somehow, I think the setting was changed from a schduled task (every Tuesday) to Nonstop Backup. It had been working just fine, so I need to find out how to change it. RIght now, it's backing up.

I didn't know it was possible to conver an external HD to NTFS. If I did this, would it affect all that I already have on this external HD? Mostly lots of opera videos.

Thanks for the help., Peggy

Yes you can convert without losing data http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2012/02/convert-fat32-to-ntfs-file-system…. I'd recommend making a backup first though.