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Description of my issue:

Just curious. Site is quite big with photos and movies.
Backup is only 42.82 mb.
Is this normal?

No, that doesn't sound right. 43 Mb is a fairly small backup.

Load your backup log into a file editor, then search for the word "skipping". What that will give you is every file and folder than is not included in your backup. And it will also give you the reason it was skipped.

mostly "Skipping dumping data of ... " and then "Done dumping..."
i did an extract wizard and the 42 mb became 180 mb.
another site that's 3 gb normally becomes 600 mb after akeeba backup is run.
maybe this is ok afterall?

I wouldn't expect that kind of compression. Depending on the photo and movie file types, they may already be compressed so you wouldn't get any further compression from the backup archive. I can't think of any way for a file to be skipped without leaving a "skipping" note in the log. Even the automatically skipped folders (tmp, log, etc.) leave a skipping note.

The way to be SURE is to set up a subdomain and restore the site.

hi dale,

just so you know.
set up a subdomain and everything worked fine with the first site and kickstart.
it's up and running just fine.
i'm amazed and overjoyed at this.

thanks for your help.

You're welcome! I'm glad we were able to confirm the backup.

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