FAT32 is limited to a maximum file size of 4GB. DVD file system is also limited to 4GB. Although I have read there are extensions to the standard increasing the file size limit, I doubt Windows 98 backup is aware, if it could backup to DVD at all. You can try updating the Backup utility to the latest version for ME, but I don't know to what extent its capabilities are improved, also if at all.

Here is ME Backup:
https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?ti … _Archive/264541

Or you can try this freeware backup utility:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120511103211/ht … om/download.htm

XXCOPY might be an option, also:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120716015608/ht … ad/xxfw2965.zip

Iirc, msbackup is actually Symantec backup software. You are better off with ghost or any newer backup program, ideally the same as all your other computers if possible.

Kind of a newer solution, but you could always put your hard drive into one of those Hard Drive readers (such as https://www.inateck.com/collections/hard-driv … k-sa03001-black) and create a virtual Hard Drive using appropriate software?

What about Cobian Backup 7?

It's been a really long time but I seem to recall someone recommending this earlier, and version 7 works on Windows 95 and later.

Well I figured out some of the issue. Windows 98 sees my dvd/cd burner as a reader only, so that may be why backup doesn't recognize it. I thought I'd be clever and install this PCI scsi card and tape drive I've had laying around but the scsi driver generates windows protection errors so that's a no-go.

I'll check out cobian backup, might do the trick.

I could always just pull the compact flash card OUT of the system and copy it directly, but that's cheating...

I haven’t tried it yet but supposedly Acronis v9 and under run under 98 se so should be able to back up to remote locations.

Cobian Backup seems to be performing adequately. I don't think it's grabbing a system state backup, just files, but it's backing up to network location (a google drive sync folder) just fine. I can use google drive's versioning for retrieving old configs and whatnot, should work just great.

For system state your probably better off with a one off backup with something like Ghost. and keep it as a "gold image"
It's not like its getting updates so really changes should be minimal anyway. In fact the only changes are probably save games