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I tried to backup my "C" drive to an external Western Digital drive.  I have more than enough space on the removable Western Digital drive but after 38 minutes I got the following message:
End of Media encountered while backing up to non-removable media

How do I remedy this?  I have attached the detailed backup log.
backup01.txt
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Torimar:
<< On FAT drives, no files can be created larger than ~4.3 GB. It's that point where your backup stopped. If you format your drive (or a large enough part of it) NTFS, this will no longer happen. >>
-- Are you saying that I can format my external WD drive as NTFS?
-- Do I even have the capability to format my external drive as NTFS?  Do I need to download software?  I have XP Home edition.
-- If I format my external drive as NTFS, can I then backup my FAT "C" drive to my external drive?
<< If you format your drive (or a large enough part of it) NTFS, this will no longer happen. >>
When you say "YOUR" drive, do you mean my EXTERNAL drive or my INTERNAL drive.
2.  If  I format a portion of my "C" drive as NTFS does that mean that I can now create a larger than 4GB file on my external drive?  Even if my data still resides on the FAT portion of my "C" drive.  This doesn't make sense but then some things in Windows have never made sense..
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Torimar:
Right now I'm sticking with Windows backup.  Hopefully, when I get back on my feet financially, I'll buy a proper backup program.  I have absolutely no aversion to spending money on software but I'm out of work right now.
BTW, I'm an old, Old, OLD-time ARCSERVE Backup customer... when I had a job.
 
Very good advice!