> >This should make a difference given the file sizes he is talking

about,

> >especially since the source DB is much larger than his backup...
>
> ...should not?...

Ooops!

> Second comment - valid if the backup is being written to the same
> partition as the database; otherwise, bears checking. NTFS 4

partitions

> do support compression but don't support files > 4 Gb.

Since the backup failed at 36GB with an on disk size of 12GB, it is
obvious that the disk is not an NT4 NTFS volume...


Sean