Insufficient Disk Space Error Message During Backup to a File

ID: Q250651

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

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 try to 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 4GB of data to backup devices such as tape drives. For additional information using Microsoft Backup, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182624 Microsoft Backup System Requirements for Windows 98

Q187526 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:

QDescription of FAT32 File System 154997

Q192322 Description of Default Cluster Sizes for FAT32 File System

Q180134 How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 Using Drive Converter

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool mwbackup win98 winfat32 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:98 Second Edition
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb