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"Installing onto a FAT32 volume is not allowed!"

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  1. mt
    Member

    I installed rebit on my external drive. It reformated the drive and told me the installation was successful. However when I plug the drive into my USB port and run the software, I get the message above. My computer drives are FAT32, but I'm not trying to install the software on them, I want to back them up. What do I have to do?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. Mas
    Member

    Rebit only backup NTFS base system drive (C:\).
    Rebit will back up other drives (other than C:\) which could be NTFS or FAT32.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. robcarver
    Member

    I too would like an answer about this error message. Nowhere did I see where FAT32 was an issue with installation and use of this product.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  4. Admin
    Key Master

    This is a topic covered in our FAQs section:

    Does Rebit™ support FAT32 filesystems?
    Partially. The system volume (usually the C: drive) needs to be NTFS formatted. If the system volume is formatted FAT32, a "convert"
    utility is available in the Windows operating system installation. Click here
    for more information.
    For volumes other than the system volume (e.g. the D: drive), Rebit™ will copy the information once during the inital backup process.
    Changes made to files on a FAT32 filesystem are not tracked, and only the original backup is available during restore.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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