backup full-text db

hi,
i try to back up a full-text database
however, the size of database quit big
around 46xxx records need 95XMB
how can i compress the backup size ?
Thanks
is this SQL 2005? How big is your database to begin with?
Hilary Cotter
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> hi,
> i try to back up a full-text database
> however, the size of database quit big
> around 46xxx records need 95XMB
> how can i compress the backup size ?
> Thanks
>