Is it normal for iphone backup to duplicate itself during a restore?

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Is it normal for iphone backup to duplicate itself during a restore?

I have a iPhone backup on my laptop that's 95GB, and when I try to restore my iPhone, it looks like it tries to create a duplicate of itself and runs out of space (only have 85GB free space). I then get the error message , "iTunes could not restore the iphone because an error occurred while reading from or writing to the iphone." Is it normal for it to make a copy of itself? I have to buy a new hard drive to restore my phone?

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on May 9, 2021 10:42 PM

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CarlAVII

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May 10, 2021 5:12 PM in response to UCLakim

Hello UCLakim,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We are happy to help you!

It seems you are having an issue with completing the restore to you iPhone from a backup.

We have taken the liberty of providing you with some additional information:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup

If the issue persists, please Contact Apple Support.

We hope this finds you well!

Cheers!

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