Solved Outlook Backup says file too large

metaguy

metaguy

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Outlook 2007. Go to backup to new thumbdrive (14GB). System says file too large - it's only 6.25 GB, and the file name is the old date, note 24.5.1. See attached.
Note: it's been a while and just glad you are all still there.
gw
 

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metaguy said:
Outlook 2007. Go to backup to new thumbdrive (14GB). System says file too large - it's only 6.25 GB....
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Thumb drives come formatted as Fat32 by default. There is a maximum individual file size limit in Fat32 of 4GB.

Reformat the drive as exFat or NTFS, neither of which have file size limits, and you should be OK.
 

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Bree said:
Reformat the drive as exFat or NTFS, neither of which have file size limits, and you should be OK.
Click to expand...

There is a file size limit it's just so high we haven't even reached it yet. It's certainly higher than his thumb drive.
 

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Thanks. that did it.
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell E6420 Laptop 64 bit
OS
Win 7 Ultimate
CPU
Intel i5-2520M CPU 2.50 Ghz
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Sound Card
Intel(R) Display Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 32" and Dell 23"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 and 1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300
Fantom G-Force 2GB
Antivirus
Bitdefender
Browser
Firefox, primary
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