Windows 10 offers a bigger storage capacity for backups than commonly anticipated.

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Windows 10 offers a bigger storage capacity for backups than commonly anticipated.

Windows 10 offers a bigger storage capacity for backups than commonly anticipated.

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ConflictReD
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04-01-2016, 01:03 PM

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Hey everyone, my system image backup has become much larger than expected. It used to be around 50GB, but now it's reaching 140GB—more than double what I was comfortable with. I back up my SSD boot drive every day using the backup scheduler to another internal HDD. The drive is a Kingston SSDNow 120GB with roughly 40.5GB utilized. I only perform full backups and not individual data files. Previously, the size was manageable, but now it feels excessive. I’ve set the backup to keep just the latest version. When I try to manually delete the WindowsImageBackup folder to start fresh, the system still shows a 100GB backup size even though I moved it to the Recycle Bin. I verified that before deletion the WindowsImageBackup was only 30GB, which makes this discrepancy confusing. I’m trying to figure out if there’s an issue or if I’m making a mistake. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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ConflictReD

04-01-2016, 01:03 PM #1

Hey everyone, my system image backup has become much larger than expected. It used to be around 50GB, but now it's reaching 140GB—more than double what I was comfortable with. I back up my SSD boot drive every day using the backup scheduler to another internal HDD. The drive is a Kingston SSDNow 120GB with roughly 40.5GB utilized. I only perform full backups and not individual data files. Previously, the size was manageable, but now it feels excessive. I’ve set the backup to keep just the latest version. When I try to manually delete the WindowsImageBackup folder to start fresh, the system still shows a 100GB backup size even though I moved it to the Recycle Bin. I verified that before deletion the WindowsImageBackup was only 30GB, which makes this discrepancy confusing. I’m trying to figure out if there’s an issue or if I’m making a mistake. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!