Windows file system: FAT 32 or NTSF

[brit54]

Good day all - well I am now trying out a backup program originally from Veritas who sold it to Stomp Inc. BackUp MyPC (Formerly Backup Exec Desktop by Veritas). It seems simple enough for this ignoramous..however on my W98SE PIII 700 Mhz machine which uses the FAT 32 file system, you cannot do an unattended backup of a large amount of data (my C drive contains 15 GB right now) because the backup program halts every 4,300,000 GB or so for you to enter a new continuation file name for the backup in order for it to continue. I am told that the only way to overcome this problem so it will perform unattended backups is to convert the file system from FAT 32 to NTFS. Where can I learn how to do this and is it a good idea ?
Thanks
Peter E.
Tucson, AZ

 

[comtec17]

You cannot convert a Windows 98 PC to use NTFS.