Time Machine, when I stop back up at the menu bar...will files be deleted?

Hey Forum,
I am using snow leopard on my macbook and I just started using time machine, today i switch off auto backup and manually press backup at the menu bar, then I realised that i did not backup only for a day and when the time machine finished calculating the changes, it states that 49.22GB needs to be backup(i let it run for 2 mins), thus, I wanted to re-calculate, I press stop backup and then start backup again, but then it is still 49.22GB. So I thought that it is normal and continue backuping. So, forum, will the 1st backup(the one i said run for 2 mins) be deleted when I stop backup? And Is it normal to backup 49.22Gb in just one day when i dont backup?
In summary:
1. Will the 1st backup be deleted?
2.Is it normal to backup 49.22GB in a day without backuping?
Thanks.
ALa

alazahee wrote:
1. Will the 1st backup be deleted?
If you mean the one you interrupted, yes, sort of. Time Machine will automatically "recover" it the next time it does a backup. It's sort of suspended now -- since it's not complete, you won't see it in the Time Machine "Star Wars" display.
2.Is it normal to backup 49.22GB in a day without backuping?
Probably not.
How much data is on your internal HD?
Did the first backup complete normally?
Have you done a full restore, moved or renamed a very large folder or folders, or are you using any virtualization software, such as Parallels or VMware?

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