why has access increased size of saved OLE objects?

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Karen D

Two problems with Access 2002. Firstly it has imported saved pictures at an
average size of 2250kb when the original was approx 100kb in size to the data
base. Why such a huge increase in size and how do I fix it.
Secondly, it now tells me that my file size is 1.99gb for 455 records. I
cannot remove any of the records or pictures to reduce the file size. I keep
getting the error message Invalid Argument which refers to Error 3001.
Right now the data base is totally useless. I have tried compacting the
data base and it didnt help.
I'm getting desparate, any suggestions (nice ones) will be greatfully accepted
Thanks
 
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