Re: External USB drive issue

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Responses inline.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 1:08 PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> In the recycling bin perhaps ?
Nope.

> Do you only have 1 drive or rotate them around ?
1 drive.

> You're at risk if you erase the backup drive and then one of the PCs gaks
> in the meantime.

Correct.  We use Google Apps so it's not as bad as it seems.  Most
everything is in the cloud.


> Q: What backup software do you use to image them ?
Windows system image.

> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> message: 1
> date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 10:21:49 -0400
> from: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [PCTECH] External USB drive issue
>
> All,
>
> I have a 5TB external USB drive that I use for quarterly Windows system
> image backups for a number of desktop PCs.
>
> This quarterly go round I reached the 4th desktop and it failed saying
> there wasn't enough space on the disk.  I always delete the old one I am
> about to replace so this seemed odd.  I looked and there was only 38gb
> available.
>
> I deleted all the images from the end of June and there's still only 38gb
> available.  It reports this on 3 desktops, including mine.
>
> Any idea what is wrong?  Do I need to do a quick format?  Is it failing?
>
> I'm currently running a CHKDSK on it which will most likely take all day
> to complete.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> message: 2
> date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 15:21:13 +0000 (UTC)
> from: Dave Parnin <dpcoke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [PCTECH] External USB drive issue
>
>  You might try running Disk Management to get a look at what Windows sees
> about it.? For a quick look you could also just open Explorer and look at
> the properties of the disk.? If formatting it is an option that may be the
> quickest and easiest solution.
>
> Dave Parnin
>
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