Acronis True Image backup question

[Wedge1]

I have an incremental backup of the C partition to be run on a scheduled basis.

What happens when the partition containing the image files becomes full? Do I have to manually delete some of the incremental images that have been created in order to create free space, or does Acronis automatically start overwriting previously created images?

[albator]

I have an incremental backup of the C partition to be run on a scheduled basis.

What happens when the partition containing the image files becomes full? Do I have to manually delete some of the incremental images that have been created in order to create free space, or does Acronis automatically start overwriting previously created images?

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What are you backup you C drive to you C partition ? It does not make sens.

[Zxian]

When did he say that?

If you ask in the Wilder's Security Forums, you'd probably get a better answer. I think that it does delete the oldest images, somewhat like System Restore deletes the oldest restore points.

There's no real point in restoring to a point 2 years ago, now is there...

[Wedge1]

When did he say that?

Yes, when did I say I was backing up my C drive to my C drive? LoL, that's just too funny to comprehend...

If you ask in the Wilder's Security Forums, you'd probably get a better answer. I think that it does delete the oldest images, somewhat like System Restore deletes the oldest restore points.

There's no real point in restoring to a point 2 years ago, now is there...

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Thanks Zxian, will go there now. Oh, and you are correct, on your last point as well

Edited September 3, 2005 by Wedge1

[albator]

Misunderstood

When did he say that?

Yes, when did I say I was backing up my C drive to my C drive? LoL, that's just too funny to comprehend...

If you ask in the Wilder's Security Forums, you'd probably get a better answer. I think that it does delete the oldest images, somewhat like System Restore deletes the oldest restore points.

There's no real point in restoring to a point 2 years ago, now is there...

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Thanks Zxian, will go there now. Oh, and you are correct, on your last point as well

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[LiquidSage]

Acronis TI8 is a great program, but not so much for inc. backup's as it records sector changes of the partition.

If you install windows and all your apps then create an image it will be x size. Now do a full defrag and create an inc. image. You will see that the inc. image will be almost as big as your base image.

Since you seem to be backing up often, you might want to consider a program that is file based for regular backups (you could continue backing up to C: and it would make sense) and use TI8 on occasion to backup everything and keep a few images ready to go in the Recovery Zone.