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Why is my backup larger than my system's harddrive?
I successfully backed up my computer to an external harddrive using Windows 7 backup. I used Windows recommended settings.
My computer's local disk is currently 216 GB. When I backed up my computer to the harddrive it says that the backup is 384 GB.
Can somebody explain to me why my backup is larger than my system's harddrive?
Also, just so you know, I don't have any previous backups that need to be deleted. And just to be sure I ran the backup numerous times always getting the same size as a result (384 GB).
I would like to have a complete backup but don't want to use up so much space. Is there an easy way to change a setting so that I can save disk space on my external drive while have a thorough and comprehensive backup.
Much Thanks!