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When does TI start a new Incremental Backup Set.

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I have used Symantec System Recovery and before that Ghost for a number of years to backup my OS disk. I tried TI a few years ago and I have problems restoring my OS from a disk crash.  I am think about upgrading from Win 7 to Win 10.  SSR does not support Win 10 at this time. 

I also use Genie Backup Manager 9 to backup my data files.  The reason I do not use SSR to backup my data files is that from time-to-time (I do not know why) SSR will start a new Incremental backup set.  This causes an error because I do not have enought room on the disk I store my backup to for a number of incremental sets.  I think (?) that when SSR finds that a large number of files have changes instead of an incremental backup it starts a new incremental backup set with a full backup.

I am thinking about using TI for both backup. I know that TI allows one to set the number of incremental backups before starting a new set.

My Question.  If there is a major change to the HD either by a large number of files been changed or say a defrag of the drive, will this trigger a new backup set in TI?

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No it won't trigger a full backup.  As you said, you control the number of incrementals.  It will run exactly as you configured it.  Sounds like you already knew the answer though.

As stated in proir post plus If your trigger a defrag prior to a full, there is no  increase in size.

However, if you trigger a defrag prior to an incremental or differential backup, the resulting next backup will be huge as TrueImge backs up all changed disk sectors.