subject: Backup Process Stops While Adding Files To The .bkf File [print this page] An inbuilt backup utility provided by Windows, known as NTBackup allows you to backup your data by using a .bkf file format. You can use the backup file to restore the data at the time of data loss. But what if the backup gets full while you are still adding more files in the backup. The process will stop and you will receive an error message. And, if you let the backup remain as it is, then it might get corrupt. In these situations, the need arises to repair the .bkf file. To do so, you need to use an effective third-party application, known as BKF repair software.
Consider a situation In a FAT or FAT 32 file system, when you use Windows NTBackup utility to backup your data, the following error message may appear:
The fixed media is full. You cannot back up all of the specified data to this disk device.
When this error message flashes, the backup operation stops, preventing you from adding more files in the backup.
Cause:
The above mentioned error message occurs in the computers using FAT or FAT32 file system. This is because FAT or FAT32 have limited capacity of 4GB and if the .bkf file attempts to exceed this limit, the error message appears. In addition, .bkf file can get corrupt, if you are not concerned about the file.
Resolution:
Follow the steps given below to workaround the issue:
NTFS file system supports maximum file size of about 16 exabytes. So, try to convert to NTFS using the Convert /FS=NTFS command.
Then, locate the .bkf file on the NTFS partition.
Reduce the size of the .bkf file.
In most cases, the above given steps help you to resolve the issue and also prevent your .bkf file from getting corrupt. But, if you procrastinate in following the above given measures, then your .bkf file might come under threat of corruption. Once, the .bkf file gets corrupted, then the only way out would be to repair BKF file to retrieve your data. To do so, you need to use a powerful BKF repair software that employ sophisticated algorithms to scan and repair the corrupted BKF file accurately. Designed by highly qualified experts, these tools provide interactive graphical user interface that makes them user-friendly and self-explanatory.
Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is an advanced software specifically designed to repair BKF file completely in all instances of corruption. This is a non-destructive tool supports backup files created with Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. This read-only application also repairs file created with Backup Exec by VERITAS software and is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000 operating systems.
