| Subject: Microsoft Backup size question |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/13/2008 4:34:55 PM |
| From: "Imageman" [Email Address Protection] |
Vista Ultimate 64 Microsoft Backup is scheduled to run weekly on my PC. My question is, if I delete several GB's of image files, will the next backup size be reduced by that amount? I'm running out of space on my 700GB backup drive, and could do a labor intensive cleanup if it would increase backup space - Thanks, IM -- USA - Washington State, Kitsap County "Replies welcomed as a sign of good etiquette" Nostradamus 1560 |
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| Subject: Re: Microsoft Backup size question |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/14/2008 5:37:10 AM |
| From: "Imageman" [Email Address Protection] |
Thanks Richard! "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message news:#kqr#oVtIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > It may be, or it may be reduced by much less. Some files are > pre-compressed and when backed up take up the same amount of space. Other > files compress well and when backed up get much smaller than they are on > the original disk. > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > > > "Imageman" <Imageman@snaps.com> wrote in message > news:6O6dnQMrFdQwuLfVnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@giganews.com... >> Vista Ultimate 64 >> >> Microsoft Backup is scheduled to run weekly on my PC. My question is, if >> I delete several GB's of image files, will the next backup size be >> reduced by that amount? I'm running out of space on my 700GB backup >> drive, and could do a labor intensive cleanup if it would increase backup >> space - Thanks, IM >> >> -- >> USA - Washington State, Kitsap County "Replies welcomed as a sign of >> good etiquette" Nostradamus 1560 >> >> >> > |
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| Subject: Re: Microsoft Backup size question |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/14/2008 5:37:46 AM |
| From: "Imageman" [Email Address Protection] |
Thanks for the idea! "On Request" <onrequest@mychoice> wrote in message news:erxIWwVtIHA.4924@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > What I do with my backup drive is to allow the weekly backups to > accumulate until the drive is full. Then I delete all the backup sets and > start over with a new fresh backup. I get about three months on my 250 GB > external drive before I have to do that. > > "Imageman" <Imageman@snaps.com> wrote in message > news:6O6dnQMrFdQwuLfVnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@giganews.com... >> Vista Ultimate 64 >> >> Microsoft Backup is scheduled to run weekly on my PC. My question is, if >> I delete several GB's of image files, will the next backup size be >> reduced by that amount? I'm running out of space on my 700GB backup >> drive, and could do a labor intensive cleanup if it would increase backup >> space - Thanks, IM >> >> -- >> USA - Washington State, Kitsap County "Replies welcomed as a sign of >> good etiquette" Nostradamus 1560 >> >> >> > |
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| Subject: Re: Microsoft Backup size question |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/14/2008 3:33:48 PM |
| From: "Richard G. Harper" [Email Address Protection] |
You're welcome. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "Imageman" <Imageman@snaps.com> wrote in message news:0qWdnVhBvpm9QLfVnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@giganews.com... > Thanks Richard! > > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message > news:#kqr#oVtIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> It may be, or it may be reduced by much less. Some files are >> pre-compressed and when backed up take up the same amount of space. >> Other files compress well and when backed up get much smaller than they >> are on the original disk. >> >> -- >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com >> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups >> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ >> >> >> "Imageman" <Imageman@snaps.com> wrote in message >> news:6O6dnQMrFdQwuLfVnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@giganews.com... >>> Vista Ultimate 64 >>> >>> Microsoft Backup is scheduled to run weekly on my PC. My question is, if >>> I delete several GB's of image files, will the next backup size be >>> reduced by that amount? I'm running out of space on my 700GB backup >>> drive, and could do a labor intensive cleanup if it would increase >>> backup space - Thanks, IM >>> >>> -- >>> USA - Washington State, Kitsap County "Replies welcomed as a sign of >>> good etiquette" Nostradamus 1560 >>> >>> >>> >> |
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