Thefollowing tips apply to
backupsto external drives:
1Somedrives use older
Windowsfile systems,
suchas FAT-16 or FAT-32
thatcannot store files
largerthan 4 GB. For such
largefiles to back up,
ensurethat your backup
driveis formatted with a
filesystem that supports
largefiles, such as NTFS.
1Ifyou use automatic or
scheduledbackups, make
surethat the external
drivesare connected and
turnedon.
1Toavoid accidentally
corruptingyour backed
upfiles, do not use a
backupdrive for purposes
otherthan for backing up.
Backingup to external drives,
includingflash drives
Protectingyour media and data
Aboutsolutions to the backup problems
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