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backup size is small?

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me.
I am backing up my system image (from my C drive) as well as data from an external drive.
The external drive has about 1.7TB of data, and the C drive is really only the windows system and a few installed programs.

I used the windows 7 (x64) backup program and it worked well, it took overnight (which is far less time than manually copying the files).
I went to restore and the files all seem to be there, though I didn't restore any.

However, the backup file size seems to be just over 100GB in size.
That seems an incredibly high compression rate, that I don't think would be possible.
There is a lot of data of photos and videos (probably about 70%), which normal compression programs
like zip programs never seem to compress very much).

Should I be concerned that the backup size is so small???

Regards,
Bruce

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Hi,

Did you get a message that the backup was completed successfully?

Backup and Restore compresses the data for your "Image".
When the backup creates the files, it gives you the estimated disk space that could be required.
However, when it backs up it chooses only the system files and backs them up.
System image has not backed
up all the data on your computer.

Refer these articles for more information:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-is-a-system-image
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files

You can view the contents of your backup by opening the Restore Files wizard.
1.
Open Backup and Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore.

2.
Do one of the following:
•To view your files, click Restore my files.
•To view all users' files, click Restore all users' files. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3.Do one of the following:
•T o browse the contents of the backup, click Browse for files or Browse for folders.

When you are browsing for folders, you won't be able to see the individual files in a folder.
To view individual files, use the Browse for files option.
•To search the contents of the backup, click Search, type all or part of a filename, and then click Search.

Regards,
Afzal Taher
Microsoft Support Engineer

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