On Nov 4, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:
> They said I should connect the larger one to the Time Machine so > it will be constantly up to date. I should backup the smaller one > every month or so to bring it up to date. Imagine my surprise today > when I switched to the smaller backup partition and got a message that > I needed 42.4 GB and I only had 41.5GB, so I couldn't backup. I'm guessing that whatever program you're using to back up the entire disk to the smaller partition is not erasing the old backup first, and so is trying to cram another backup of your hard drive into the space -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
