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No space for Win7 backup but hdd 70% empty
I have a second internal 250Gb hdd specifically for Win 7 (64bit) backup and restore purposes which I set up about two months ago. The other day I got an alert/warning that there was insufficient space to complete the current background data file backup. In Control Panel\backup & Restore\ Help I learned the following.
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By default, Windows automatically saves as many system images as it has space for without taking up more than 30 percent of space on the backup disk. Once the disk starts running out of room, Windows deletes older system images. You can set Windows to retain as many system images as it has space for on the backup disk or to only keep the most recent system image. You should always keep the most recent system image. If you are saving your system image on a network location, you can only keep the most recent system image.
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Applied to my case Win 7 will only use max 70Gb of my hdd whereas at the time of the alert, a third 'period' data file backup would have taken me over the arbitrary 70Gb limit although I still had (and currently have) approx 178Gb of free space on the same hdd. Unless, I have overlooked something, there doesn't seem to be any way of over-riding the 30pct max of available free space imposed by Win 7. I know I could buy a much larger second hdd so that the 30pct would represent more backup space but why should I need to.
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks
Pedro