Backup how much space do I need for a complete backup system?

I intend to make a full system backup (complete with the image of the system) with a Toshiba 500 gig external hard drive I recently bought on Amazon.  I currently have 464,86 GB of free space available on this device (my external hard drive provided with the NTI EZ Backup utility).  How much space will create a full backup on this device?  Or should I simply back up files/folders and create the image of the system on a separate drive?

Evan

Hey Evan,

It depends on the files and folders you have on the hard drive.

For example: If you have 200 GB of a data value in the C drive then to perform a system image you need minimum of 200 GB of space on the external hard drive to make a system image.

To learn more about the system image in Windows 7, see the link

What is a system image?

Should what backup settings I use to maximize my disk space?

Hope this information helps.

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