Question : Problem: File-copy error to external HDD

Hello,

I have a Western Digital "MyBook 500GB" USB 2.0 external hard drive attached to a server running Windows Server Small Business Server SP1.  I have NTBackup configured to backup to a partition on the server.  The whole backup job is around 23GB in size.  The idea of the external HDD is to archive a copy of the backup at an off-site location.  

I am unable to copy the backup file to the external HDD.  The process errors with a "Parameter is incorrect" error message.  I have contacted Western Digital regarding this issue, but they have not responded.  This has been going on for a couple of months now.  Aside of backing up to the external HDD itself, how could this be remedied?  No files can be copied to the drive from Windows Explorer.

Thanks

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Answer : Problem: File-copy error to external HDD

That's because your external hard drive is formated as FAT32 instead of NTFS.  Reformat the Hard drive and you'll be fine.

Jeff
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