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ATH2011 - How to clean-up backups?

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Hi,

my backup drive (an external 1 TB USB drive) is almost full. The next backup jobs will not complete. I'm using custom backup schemes, see attached image.

What is the best way to delete some of the backup files without loosing any backup chain?

cu,
Michael

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The option to keep X most recent backup chains is working better than the other auto-cleaning options. You can edit your backup settings to switch to this option.
As you do the change, you might find out that ATI forgets some older chains that don't get cleaned out, you can delete these manually.

I use Acronis True Image Home 2011, build 6868, on a Win7 Ultimate 64-bit pc, and the Custom Backup Scheme is set to "Store no more that 3 recent versions."

I always do only full backups of this pc, but if there are three full backups already in the destination folder (on an external drive), when a new full backup is completed, there are always four backups in the destinationi folder, and I must manually delete the oldest one.

Resetting the Store hasn't fixed the problem, and I know it is set to do the cleanup automatically, as "Turn off automatic cleanup" shows just below the setting for 3 backups.

Would appreciate assistance in correcting this annoying issue.

I use Acronis True Image Home 2011, build 6868, on a Win7 Ultimate 64-bit pc, and the Custom Backup Scheme is set to "Store no more that 3 recent versions."

I always do only full backups of this pc, but if there are three full backups already in the destination folder (on an external drive), when a new full backup is completed, there are always four backups in the destinationi folder, and I must manually delete the oldest one.

Resetting the Store hasn't fixed the problem, and I know it is set to do the cleanup automatically, as "Turn off automatic cleanup" shows just below the setting for 3 backups.

Would appreciate assistance in correcting this annoying issue.

P. Monroe,

ATI will always complete a fourth backup before deleting the first one. If it doesns't delete it:
- move your existing backups to another directory on the same drive,
- delete the backup task from ATI (ATI will complain that some files are not there, insist)
- set up a new task.
Hopefully that will fix it.