create bootable rescure disk on usb drive

hi I'm getting these errors when trying to create the rescure disk on my usb thumb drive. please take a look at these pics 1 of them says i don't have enough space left and that's not true there isn't anything on it. it's a "Adata 4gb usb thumb drive" thanks for any help

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9217/gfhfgh1tt3.th.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7527/untitled2qm5.th.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8095/untitled31vo1.th.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6418/untitled1pb0.th.jpg

 

Hi MajorDisaster,

are you sure there is not another removable disk attached to your computer?
are you sure that your 4GB usb drive is not partitioned?

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yeah i'm sure there isn't another removable disk attached, and yes the 4GB usb drive is partitioned to a FAT32 sorry i didn't know that mattered or i would of mentioned it. If that matters how would i get it to work with Acronis. thanks

 

Hi MajorDisaster,

first of all, if you do get as far as creating the rescue disk, I believe it has to be FAT (not FAT32) in order to boot.

Secondly, the only reason I mentioned partitions is that is quite common to see flash disks partitioned into one small partition and one large partition. If you are directing you rescue builder at a smaller partition than you think you would get out of space errors.

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I don't even get as far as to create the boot disk i get those errors while trying to create it.
Iv tried partions fat. fat32 and ntfs

 

....and you only have a single partition on your usb stick?

Can you post a screen shot of the 'boot media selection' dialogue where you are about to select the usb stick, and a screen shot of 'My Computer' in file explorer showing the sizes of all your available disks.

There is something strange happening here.

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yes only one partition here are the screenshots.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4836/untitledhc5.th.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3254/clipboard01gr4.th.jpg

 

Hi MajorDisater

Very strange. What happens if you try partition your USB drive into 2 * 2GB partitions?

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Edit: I have just checked all my bootable USB sticks and the largest one is 2GB. I have not tried it with a 4GB one.

 

haha well that worked thanks man i really appreciate your help.