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    Acronis Q

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nu_D, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Quick question guys:

    I just used Acronis and it worked alright, but the backup is only 89GB while my used HD is 102GB. Is this normal? Or did Acronis forget to backup 13GB?

    Thanks.
     
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    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    Pretty sure it compresses it a little bit, you can set it in options.

    I think you can be pretty certain of that if those 13GBs are free space
     
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    Ralf Hutter Notebook Enthusiast

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    Imaging software doesn't back up free space on a one-to-one basis, so you'll always have an image that's somewhat smaller than the original.

    Plus, although this may not be applicable in your case, depending on what sort of default options you used, Acronis (and all others that I know of) have the ability to compress the final image size so they are smaller on-disk. It takes a little bit longer to create (and deploy) the compressed image, but it can save a lot of disk space.
     
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    Thanks guys!
     
    nu_D, Oct 2, 2008
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