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Newbie question - controlling the number of backup sets

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I've just installed the full version of Acronis 2012 Home after trialling it. I want to create an incremental backup job to run daily, and I want the number of backup sets to be limited to3. I thought there was an option to do this, but now I can't find it.

Any ideas out there?

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When you create your backup, click on the link indicating the backup scheme.
Choose a custom backup scheme, incremental, create a new full backup after 6 incrementals, turn auto-cleaning on, then choose the store no more than 3 most recent backup chains.

Remember that you will need space for 3 backup chains Plus a full backup for that scheme to work.

Great. I hadn't made the connection between automatic consolidation and what I wanted, so didn't click that button. All sorted now, thanks.

Great. I hadn't made the connection between automatic consolidation and what I wanted, so didn't click that button. All sorted now, thanks.