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True Home 2011 - Scheduling Back Ups

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I have Windows 7 32 bit with the current version of True Home 2011 build - 6696 update 1.

My schedule is set at "CUSTOM SCHEME FULL" with 2 back ups. It write 3 back ups and never removes the extra back up. I have it set to run once, but the schedule runs twice. I have 2 drives set in the back up.

Does anyone know why it does not remove the oldest backup? Or Why it runs 2 back ups each night?

Thanks

Ed

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One thing to verify: did you set up backup reserve copy, by any chance? (backup options, advanced tab). If yes, that could explain why the backup run twice.

If you didn't set up a backup copy:
- download Acronis schedule manager (schedmgr.exe)
- from command prompt running with administrator rights, launch it
- type get list
- you will see a list of task numbers (eg 1-1, 1-2) with a long key-like identifier
- open the c:\programdata\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts folder
- you will see a bunch of files with similar names,
- right click on each script file to edit it, don't edit but read it and match the file to your backup and/or corresponding validation task,
- delete the scripts that don't correspond,
- match the remaining script files with the list of tasks,
- if they don't match, or are duplicated, delete the task by typing "task 1-x", and then "task delete"

If that didn't solve your problem, export your backup settings, uninstall ATI 2011, reboot, reinstall and import your backup settings.