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Vickster

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20. July 2004 @ 15:51

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Hi all,

I have been trying to figure this out all day today and now I must ask for someone's help. I have been reading countless guides from different sites and I know someone here must have the knowledge!

I first use DVD Decrypter and all is well...save it as an ISO image. When I open up the file in dvd shrink, there is more than enough space on my hard drive. I also uncheck audio I don't need to include in the process.

Bottom line- DVD Shrink will not finish the encoding process. It reaches around 97% and then says there is an error, not enough space on the disk. So I click OK and it closes. I then try to open the ISO file with DVD Decrypter anyways and I search for the file. When I try to open the file for the movie (the WinRar looking one), it says that the file is unsupported or whatever.

What can I do to ensure that the Backup process finishes? Or, is there a way to work around this?

Please respond, I have tried everything I can think of. I would be very grateful!!

thanks,
Vickster

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Vickster

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20. July 2004 @ 16:10

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Oh yeah, and I am using Windows XP. Thanks.

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Veblin

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20. July 2004 @ 16:22

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You will get this error if you are using DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to write ISO Disc Image files on a FAT 32 Hard Disk Drive. There is a 4GB limit on file sizes on FAT 32 and ISO Disc Images are usually larger than that. If you use Shrink in file mode and burn with Nero, you will not have this problem.

Windows XP/2000/NT can use NTFS, FAT 32 or FAT file systems.
Windows 98/ME can only use FAT 32 or FAT file systems.

Versions of Windows that can use NTFS have a built in converter or you can use Partition Magic.

One of the biggest problems when people make a upgrade from Win98-ME to WinXP is they skip the part at the beginning where there is the option to convert their drives from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS before installing WinXP.

NTFS file system is what you should be using on XP.
The only reason to continue to use a FAT or FAT32 file system is if you are also running another OS like Win98-ME or Linux on that computer.

Even after installing WinXP you can convert your FAT or FAT 32 drives to NTFS.
Open Help and Support and search for Convert NTFS to get complete directions or read this.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881&Product=winxp
Example:
Click Start - Run and type.
Convert C: /FS:NTFS

Before you make the conversion to NTFS.
It is a good idea to both defragment the drive and run a error check fixing both file system errors and recovery of bad sectors.
Right click on your drive and select Properties and these options are on the Tools tab.

When DVD Shrink 3.2 is released it will make split ISO files that will fit on FAT 32 drives. It is still a good idea to use NTFS anyway though.

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Vickster

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20. July 2004 @ 17:19

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Thank you very much Veblin. I will try this right now.

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Vickster

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21. July 2004 @ 01:28

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Thanks again very much. When I went to scan my hard drive I found out that my "C" drive is using an NTFS system and my "D" drive, the drive that I have more space on and have been trying to use to make DVD backups, is running under a FAT32 system.

I deleted a lot of stuff that I don't use anymore off of my C drive and when I set that drive to use for my backups it was all smooth sailing. :)

I also then converted my D drive to an NTFS...the link above was good and the steps are very easy and quick.

I hope my post will help others realize that they may have the same problem and that there is hope afterall.

Thanks,
Vickster

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