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normal compressed backup size way larger than source??

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Just upgraded to build 5620 and tried to do a full back up. Everything goes normal the estimated time is about 1 hour and the estimated size is 116 GB on normal compression. The source size on all the partitions being backed up is about 194 GB total (no compression).

The backup continues normally and the estimate says it is about 100 GB and 10 minutes remaining. Then at about 7 or 8 minutes remaining the time just stays at 7 or 8 minutes for over 90 minutes and the backup keeps growing in size until my external drive is full, over 280 GB!

Tried:
- deleting and adding new backup
- rebooting
- repairing the acronis install
- tried 4 times to backup, all fail due to lack of space

It backed up fine before upgrading today.
Any ideas?

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Something is seriously amiss. You should contact Acronis Technical Support.

Ian