Backup Destination Drive full after updating

I have an external Disk Drive that is 150GB in size. I'm trying to setup a daily backup for a single folder that contains all my media which is 116GB in size.
I've tried several times to back this up and it works correctly for first Backup but then after a few days it tells me that their is insufficient disk space. I've checked the external drive and it now contains several incremental Backups taking up 142GB in size.
I thought Backup worked by doing a full backup of the data selected then only doing incremental backups for any data that is changed or been added ? Why is it taking up an additional 26GB or have I got the settings wrong?
Thanks

Hi Finchy100, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I can't help you with the Backup app, but what format is the external?
I could help you with these 3 though...
Carbon copy cloner...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
Or the most expensive one & my favorite, Tri-Backup...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/tribackup.html

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