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what does compress mean when you back-up files does it compress the file to the hard drive or on the cd?

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Hi,

The backup program included with Windows XP does not write to CDR/RW, the
compression can be used regardless of the backup media that you do choose
(hard drive, tape, network drive, etc).

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> what does compress mean when you back-up files does it compress the file
to the hard drive or on the cd?

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