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USB backup problem Jeff 12-15-2006
Posted by Jeff on December 15, 2006, 9:17 am
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 I have 2 USB drives. When I backup Quicken 2007 I get right failure disk is
full almost everytime. They are 512mb each and have less that 100mb on
them. I can back up on an old zip drive with no problem. Any suggestions.
Thanks



Posted by Ron Hightower on December 15, 2006, 10:47 am
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> I have 2 USB drives. When I backup Quicken 2007 I get right failure
> disk is full almost everytime. They are 512mb each and have less
> that 100mb on them. I can back up on an old zip drive with no
> problem. Any suggestions. Thanks

Try creating a new folder on the USB device. Then back up to the new =
folder.=20



Posted by Jeff on December 15, 2006, 10:51 am
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I've done that a few times. If I wipe out the data it's ok for 2 backups
then starts with the message again.


> I have 2 USB drives. When I backup Quicken 2007 I get right failure
> disk is full almost everytime. They are 512mb each and have less
> that 100mb on them. I can back up on an old zip drive with no
> problem. Any suggestions. Thanks

Try creating a new folder on the USB device. Then back up to the new folder.




Posted by Danny Kile on December 15, 2006, 11:12 am
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Jeff wrote:
> I have 2 USB drives. When I backup Quicken 2007 I get right failure disk is
> full almost everytime. They are 512mb each and have less that 100mb on
> them. I can back up on an old zip drive with no problem. Any suggestions.
> Thanks
>
>

Flash drive not only have a capacity size they also have a file amount
size. In other words even though it is 512mb flash if you put several
small 1kb file on it it will fill up even if you have 400mb free. Try
deleting one or two files they writing to it.



Danny,

Posted by Buck Frobisher on December 15, 2006, 11:57 am
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> Flash drive not only have a capacity size they also have a file amount
> size. In other words even though it is 512mb flash if you put several
> small 1kb file on it it will fill up even if you have 400mb free. Try
> deleting one or two files they writing to it.

Hmm, news to me. I've dumped hundreds of image files on my 512k thumb,
never a problem filling it to the tippy-top.

Could it be that Quicken's back-up software looks at a drive and expects to
see a certain amount of space available for back-ups (in other words, it
doesn't calculate what the -actual- size will be) and if your free space
doesn't offer that, it stops.



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