Thank you everyone for all the good advice. I would not do this on our dev or production servers as a rule. What I am doing is sending backups clear across the country and restoring on another box for testing. SIZE IS KILLING US. Only and only for this reason, am I doing this. It will be done on the test box only........so......with you all knowing I am not doing this as a habit, can you still offer me some advice to make it work?????

Really, I do thank you for everything you shared!!