Compress backups after the fact ??

[txolson]

I initially created my full & incremental backups w/o compression.... Can I compress them now via Acronis True Image? some other method?

Thanks

[jmk94903]

-{ Quote: "I initially created my full & incremental backups w/o compression.... Can I compress them now via Acronis True Image? some other method?

Thanks" }-That wouldn't be a good idea. TI won't do it, and a third party compression would make any recovery much more difficult. First, you'd have to uncompress in a Windows environment, and then you'd be able to restore.

Just use compression for future backups. After a while these old backups will not be useful and can be deleted.

[foghorne]

-{ Quote: "That wouldn't be a good idea. TI won't do it, and a third party compression would make any recovery much more difficult. First, you'd have to uncompress in a Windows environment, and then you'd be able to restore.

Just use compression for future backups. After a while these old backups will not be useful and can be deleted." }-

Or you could just store them on compressed filesystem.

F

[sarutaro]

-{ Quote: "
Just use compression for future backups. After a while these old backups will not be useful and can be deleted." }-

How reliable the compressin is during TI backup? Sarutaro