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how to set the compression level to none in TI 2016

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in the forum their is a discussion on how to set compression in TI 2015 (backup > advance > Performance) however it is missing from that location in TI 2016 Does anyone know how to change the compression level in TI 2016?

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I bought and installed ATI 2016 today and I'm very disappointed, too.
I found out that you can only set compression level when creating a new backup and selecting "Options" ... last tab "Advanced" - "Performance" and then compression...
But I can only speak for the German version ... thus I can't tell you if I translated the selected options correctly.
You can't change compression level if the backup already exists because the compression entry is hidden.

For there to be a change in the compression level, the existing archive (backup) would have to be decompressed and re-compressed using the new compression settings. Norton Ghost allows you to do this through the copy process, however, any future backups using the particular task use the original backup file and it compression settings.

So, the only 'solution' is to create a new backup task - easiest way would be to clone the settings of the existing backup and then change the compression level.

Ian

I still don't get why they do this at all. All ATIH previous to 2015 were able to change the compression and I pointed out, hopefully valid, why changing a compression is needed

https://forum.acronis.com/forum/92448

This is a design decision I will never get.

Performance option only available on a new task which has not been used.
Once a backup has been created, the option is no longer accessible.

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/92448#comment-294870

No discussion about that it disappears on a used job but imho it makes no sense that this limitation exists, moreover as it was introduced with ATIH 2015 and no such limitation existed in previous releases. It seems people that mind that are a minority.

Removing the ability to change the compression settings is a mistake.  Putting in a warning that says 'changing the compression will result in a complete, fresh backup' is a much better option.

Cloning the backup does not reveal the compression dropdown to change.  The only way I can see changing the compression settings is to create a brand new backup option.

Cloning the backup does not reveal the compression dropdown to change.  The only way I can see changing the compression settings is to create a brand new backup option.

^^ I agree