Insufficient Disk Space Error Message During Backup to a File
This article was previously published under Q250651 SYMPTOMS
When you try to use Microsoft Backup to back up your Windows 98-based computer contents to a file, you may receive the following error message:
Insufficient disk space exits to continue the current operation. Please free some disk space and retry the operation.
CAUSE
This issue can occur if you back up more than 4 gigabytes (GB) of data to a hard disk that is formatted using the 32-bit File Allocation Table (FAT32) file system.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, configure Microsoft Backup to use multiple backup jobs when you need to back up more than 4GB of data to a FAT32 hard disk.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
This issue does not affect the ability of Microsoft Backup to back up more than 4 GB of data to backup devices such as tape drives. For additional information about using Microsoft Backup, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
182624 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182624/EN-US/) Microsoft Backup System Requirements for Windows 98
187526 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187526/EN-US/) How to Restore Windows 98 from a Full System Backup
For additional information about the FAT32 file system, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
154997 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154997/EN-US/) Description of the FAT32 File System
192322 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192322/EN-US/) Description of Default Cluster Sizes for FAT32 File System
180134 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180134/EN-US/) How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 Using Drive Converter
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