Windows 7 backup out of control

I am baffled by the amount of space used to create my backup Windows 7 Home Premium.  I have a HD 1 TB primary I am backup on an external 2 TB drive.  I chose to select the files to back up and to include a system image.  The files include my libraries and a few other folders.  A quick calculation shows the selected data set to be less than 400 GB.

My backup is scheduled to run once a week.  After several weeks, the files and the total picture to more than 1.5!  How is that possible?  At this rate I won't soon have enough space to run the full backup.

It seems that the data that has been supported until increases exponentially in size.  The image file is only about 400KB of the total.

I see a new folder called "Backup files" whose date and number is created under the folder "Backup Set" with each backup procedure.  I wonder: each of these folders is a duplicate of the previous with only new or modified files added?  This seems to be the only explanation for the size of my saved data to be snowball like that.  If so, is it safe to delete all files except the most recent to keep the total size of the data under control?  How will this affect the backup catalog?

Hi Sungroupie,

Please write your request on the Microsoft Community Forum.

To help you best the issue you face, please answer the following questions:

  1. How often do you make a backup in Windows 7?
  2. You create system image backup whenever you perform?

In the meantime, you can try the steps below and check to see if they help.

I suggest you uncheck the option to create a system image every time that you make a backup and then try to create a manual backup that takes place every month.

For more information on how to return this link.

Also, check the files that are backed up.

Check out these links on the backup and restore Windows 7 feature.

Backup and restore

Restore files from a backup

Back up and restore: frequently asked questions

It will be useful. Please get back to us if you need assistance related to the Windows operating system. We are here to help.

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