How to get the Windows XP backup program to compress files?

[Hubert Earl]

Hi,

How can I get the Windows XP backup program to compress files, like I used
to be able to do when running Windows 98?

Sincerely,
--
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[Rob Schneider]

I can't find where it does compression. It's a basic "free-be" type of
backup tool, so we have to temper our expectations.

Until I buy another (or configure automatic compressed backups via my
Linux server which I haven't yet done)... To minimize disk space I've
set it to make full backups (only of data) every 21 days, and
incremental backups every other day (onto another machine). I haven't
tried, but perhaps by copying the backup files to a compressed folder
the effect you may wish to achieve is the same. Give it a shot.

Hubert Earl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I get the Windows XP backup program to compress files, like I used
> to be able to do when running Windows 98?
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Hubert Earl, Information Professional & Vendor of Jamaican art, craft, etc.
> Link to my eBay Jamaican art print etc. sales: http://tinyurl.com/efva
> Link to my 100% positive eBay feedback: http://tinyurl.com/efvx
> See all items and price discounts: http://tinyurl.com/efw7
>
>