Cannot backup using Windows 7

Are you positive you are trying to back up only the C partition of your primary drive? Or are you trying to back up an entire 500 GB drive (both partitions) onto another 500 GB drive?

Just to add to thsi thread - I have exactly the same problem as described.

New 1.5tb drive formatted fine, can save to HDD and then when try to do a backup it says the same message as the guy says. The backup it is trying to perform is 50gb so why it doesnt have space i DONT KNOW

kwack said:

Just to add to thsi thread - I have exactly the same problem as described.

New 1.5tb drive formatted fine, can save to HDD and then when try to do a backup it says the same message as the guy says. The backup it is trying to perform is 50gb so why it doesnt have space i DONT KNOW

Yes this is exactly what I am saying all along, I have a new 500Gb formatted for NTFS and when I try to do a backup of my complete C drive it just says I do not have enough space!!

Hi Johnathan and thanks for the idea but it seems a bit extreme to me as I only built this thing 2 months ago and I didn't think I would have any problem backing up in this way? I don't really fancy going through all that but if all else fails I may have to, thanks again for your comment, cheers, Ken.

What would a repair install do as I do not have a image or backup to use?

Ok got it - what about programs will they still work or will they need re-installing