Moving folders with Backups
hi everyone!
i got some old backup data of an older version of my windows computer on an external hard disc. i actually don't think i will need this data, but you never know...
because i got still about 1TB free space on that external hdd, i would like to organize the folder structure a little bit. i would like to move ALL old backup data into a folder (called smth. like "old backup") and use the remaining free space for anything like i.e. fotographs, music, etc.
my question: would acronis be able to recover my computer from those backup files, if those files are moved into another directory?
thanks in advance
Hi MaxS - Backups can be moved anywhere you want. If/when using rescue media as long as all of the necessary backup files are in the same folder, it can use that backup just fine.
As Steve mentioned though, if you have these backups as a task in the Windows version of Acronis, moving them will cause the Windows GUI to "freak out" as it would expect them to be in the same location they were created in as identified in the database. If you do have this backup in the Acronis Windows GUI (and plan to still use it in the Windows GUI of Acronis), if you manually move them outside of Acronis, then you need to validate the task and manually point each of the .ibt files to the new location when it asks if to locate them or forget them. Forgetting them will tell the database they don't exist, but it will have no impact on the ability to recover with them if you import them back into the Windows GUI, or more easily, just use the offline rescue media.
Long story short - rescue media can always use a backup - regardless of it's location, as long as it can see the backup and all of the backup files associated with that backup are in the same folder when you navigate to it. A full backup is the easiest to deal with with the offline rescue media since fulls are independent of any other files. If you want to use an incremental backup, then you need to make sure the full and all incrementals that came before the one you want to use are in the folder. If using a differential, you just need the original full and the differntial file.