Mid stream Scheme change
Hi all:
I changed my settings from Incremental to Version Chain after about 2.5 Tb. This is an issue because it is only a 3 TB drive. So I changed my backup method to what it probably should have been in the first place. It's naming them weird too; probably since I changed the name of the backup too. It also maintains that I have 27 versions.
So my question is this: Can I delete my old Incremental Backups now? Would that just start the new backups as a new default? Why does it name my newly named Version Chain backups "Main_1TB_Disk", "Main_1TB_Disk(1)" and "Main_1TB_Disk(1)2"? Do Incremental backups have a different naming convention? Do I need to start fresh?
I guess that's question's' but I really appreciate any support the community can give. This is my work machine and it must not fail.
Thank you for reading.
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"I am using Acronis TrueImage 2012. To start afresh, do I want "only after initial full version" or a "full version every X increments"? The latter seesm to make more sense.
Thank you very much for your prompt assistance!"
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choose custom scheme
Choose differential
choose create a full version after every x differentials (note this line = 1 recent version chain)
choose store no more than x recent version chains ( this indicates how many recent version chains do you want to keep.
Note the illistration. See how the options and the number of files and chains tie together.
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Thank mate I really appreciate it.
Can I test this backup somehow? Perhaps with a second partition?
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By all measns, your backup should be tested but I would use a separate disk so as not to put your good disk at risk.
Install a test disk but be sure your good disk is disconnected.
then restore you backup. You do not want Windows to see two identical disks on first boot following a restore.
Look at link #3 below and items 3 and 2 could be applied--but you should use a test disk.
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