Window Backups

[kyuro]

I have recently acquired external hard drive. I am using it to make backups. However, they take a lot of space, around 1 TB each. Is there any software you know that can make it in a more efficient way? I need it to take less space but be able to fully recover all data if needed.

 

[Page]

once a month is good

 

[Corzhens]

I don't understand your statement about 1 tb each. Is that a database or a hard drive? In the olden days, the zip was very popular because it can compress files to a minimum. However, the retrieval is quite tedious because you have to unzip. When storage grew bigger in tb sizes, the zip seemed to have lost its popularity.

 

[MrHorror]

You windows installation takes 1 TB of space to back up? Wow, that's a lot.

 

[RH-Calvin]

You windows installation takes 1 TB of space to back up? Wow, that's a lot.

This is amazing, which version of Windows is he using?

 

[MrHorror]

I don't know but I TB of space needed to backup a copy of your windows installation seems like an extremely high amount. Might just be a digital hoarder though. I used to be one way back in the day. I never deleted stuff I wasn't using or was done with. Just kind of kept it lying around on my desktop or in multiple folders.

 

[DanielDP]

I still do not understand your question. If you want to back up your data, you should compress it before copying it to an external drive

 

[Luis Rojas Alves]

1 TB of space to back up! OMG! What data does it contain?