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26-02-2009 2:44 PM
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This may be a daft question But does MS Backup compress the files it backs up?
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Re: MS Backup
27-02-2009 10:17 PM
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Not in XP.
Don't know about Vista or Windows 7
Don't know about Vista or Windows 7
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Re: MS Backup
27-02-2009 11:36 PM
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I have all my docs, photos etc on a partition to make it easier to backup. The backup file is smaller than the size of all the files on the drive, hence my question.
Re: MS Backup
28-02-2009 2:51 PM
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Most likely to be the minimum file size used for the disk(s). Small disks may use a 1KByte minimum whereas larger e.g. 160GByte may use a 16K or even a 32K minimum block size.
So. On one disk a 100 byte Notepad *.txt file shows up as 1K, but copy the file to a larger drive and it will show as 16K - no change in the data, just more empty space!
Maurice
So. On one disk a 100 byte Notepad *.txt file shows up as 1K, but copy the file to a larger drive and it will show as 16K - no change in the data, just more empty space!
Maurice
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