File and settings transfer memory required?

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Daniel P. Levesque

Hello,

If the intention is to use the Files and settings transfer wizard to create
a backup to cd, how do I predetermine the size of the eventual backup file?

A friend and I both used this function. He had 30gigs of used space and 7
gigs of files and settings which after transfer used up 180mgs. I had
7 gigs on hard drive used and 3 gigs of files and settings which after
transfer was 1.7gigs.

Why such a difference? Based on amounts of memory before transfer, assuming
compression ratios are the same since set by default, we were expecting a
much smaller resulting file after transfer in my case than his.

Any explanation and suggestions?

Daniel
 
You can select what you want the wizard to save before it collects any
info,select diffrent settings,youll get diffrent size of data saved.
 

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