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Backing Up My Ex HD Problems....

Hello,

I went to back up my music collection from a 1TB Lacie to a 500 WD, something I have done successfully several times without a hitch. However, this time the coping could not be completed because it thinks it has filled up the space on the WD HD.

I have about 290GB of music and I typically drag the Lacie "Music" folder over to the "Music" folder on the WD. I will get a message that it cannot move because there isn't enough room, so I click "replace" and that usually works. This time,the process stopped at about 30% and message comes up that says the WD is full.

How can this be? Am I missing something? Technically, the 500 GB WD has no more information on it than the Lacie does at about 290GB. Any ideas?
jb8312

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jb8312 OP
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That was it. Some how, in the past, I must have copied my music files into the music folder on my back up drive, thus duplicating the back up. Thanks for the help.

BTW - Does backing up in a RAID or to a Drobo do anything to protect you files from fire, flood, or other type of force majure?

Thanks for the help, jtb
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