Hello,  
  
I'm trying to backup My Documents using Windows XP Backup, but I need to  
  
compress the backup otherwise it will take up about 70GB of space, which I  
  
don't have.  
  
I've looked at the comrpession setting under Backup > Advanced Mode > Backup  
  
(tab) > Start Backup > Advanced. But the option "If possible compress the  
  
backup data to save space" is greyed out.  
  
I had a look on the Web and from what I've read it looks as if you can only  
  
compress backups if you're backing up to tape!  
  
Is this correct? If, as I hope, it isn't, how can I compress the backup  
  
files I make with Windows XP backup?  
  
Any help much appreciated.  
  
Thanks  
  
Karl

"Karl" <Karl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:  
  
Honestly: backing up data to the _same_ disk is useless. I would get  
  
an external USB disk and backup to this media. Norton Ghost is a good  
  
software to do this since the NTBACKUP which comes with Windows is  
  
very limited.