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Raw Dump 2.0 disc lack of disk space
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Blowfly
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24. December 2008 @ 00:48 |
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Newbie question here...
I have a LG GDR8163B DVD ROM and have been trying to backup a Wii game using Rawdump 2.0. Each time the dump process has about 13 mimutes to go I get an error saying "not enough disk space".
I am running Windows XP, FAT32 file system and have at least 25GB of free hard disk space.
I have searched the net for an answer to no avail, anyone have an idea of what to do?
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penguin98
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24. December 2008 @ 01:03 |
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When I read the title of your post my first thought was to ask if you were using a fat32 filesystem or ntfs. Luckily you already answered that question.
Fat32 only supports files up to 4 gigs. So when your disk image gets over that the filesystem cant handle it and says its full. You'll have to either reformat to ntfs or rip the game directly to an external or secondary hard drive that is ntfs.
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Blowfly
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24. December 2008 @ 01:20 |
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Originally posted by penguin98:
When I read the title of your post my first thought was to ask if you were using a fat32 filesystem or ntfs. Luckily you already answered that question.
Fat32 only supports files up to 4 gigs. So when your disk image gets over that the filesystem cant handle it and says its full. You'll have to either reformat to ntfs or rip the game directly to an external or secondary hard drive that is ntfs.
So.. If I purchase an external hard drive, would I then format it to ntfs... install Rawdump on that drive, then run Rawdump from the new drive?
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Blowfly
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24. December 2008 @ 01:28 |
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I dont suppose a FAT32 file system can be converted without reformatting and thus losing everything on the hard drive?
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penguin98
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24. December 2008 @ 02:01 |
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Originally posted by Blowfly:
So.. If I purchase an external hard drive, would I then format it to ntfs... install Rawdump on that drive, then run Rawdump from the new drive?
Basically. You wouldn't have to install rawdump to the external drive, just tell rawdump to save the file there. The same way you'd tell it to save to a specific folder.
There are 8 gig flash drives that would work for under $20 USD.
Originally posted by Blowfly:
I dont suppose a FAT32 file system can be converted without reformatting and thus losing everything on the hard drive?
Nope. Though if all the empty space is together at the back end of the drive there are programs you can use to turn that section of the drive into a separate partition, which can be reformatted without losing data.
Of course just creating the partition would run the risk of corrupting something and losing all your data anyway.
Either way, if you go this route, make sure you backup all your data.
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Blowfly
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24. December 2008 @ 02:14 |
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Originally posted by penguin98:
Originally posted by Blowfly:
So.. If I purchase an external hard drive, would I then format it to ntfs... install Rawdump on that drive, then run Rawdump from the new drive?
Basically. You wouldn't have to install rawdump to the external drive, just tell rawdump to save the file there. The same way you'd tell it to save to a specific folder.
There are 8 gig flash drives that would work for under $20 USD.
Originally posted by Blowfly:
I dont suppose a FAT32 file system can be converted without reformatting and thus losing everything on the hard drive?
Nope. Though if all the empty space is together at the back end of the drive there are programs you can use to turn that section of the drive into a separate partition, which can be reformatted without losing data.
Of course just creating the partition would run the risk of corrupting something and losing all your data anyway.
Either way, if you go this route, make sure you backup all your data.
I think I'll try the external hard drive route, though all the shops have closed for Christmas now. As soon as they re-open I'll purchase a hard drive and post the results on here.
Thankyou so much for your help:-)
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elk1007
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24. December 2008 @ 04:14 |
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Don't buy anything O.o
Just open a cmd window (Run - > CMD)
And type:
C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs
When you reboot, it will convert your drive to ntfs and you won't lose any data. Then you can use rawdump as usual.
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penguin98
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24. December 2008 @ 12:12 |
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I tried that once and the drive ended up unbootable. Had to reinstall windows. That was years ago though, maybe I screwed something up.
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Blowfly
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27. December 2008 @ 06:58 |
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Bought a 1TB external hard drive, formatted to NFTS and can run Rawdump from that.. works perfectly :-)
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