Prevent Data Corruption and Perform Successful Full Backup
Dear Sir or Madam:
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
Few days ago, I had accidentally deleted the first full backup image and tried to validate the 2 later backup images which resulted in displaying each of your backup image is corrupted and you can only recover files from these corrupted backup images using Windows Explorer.
Therefore, I want to be sure so that I do not get data corruption in the backup images when I validate them each time manually and to perform a full system recovery from these backup images.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max. +) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
I have Build 6027 of Acronis True Image 2016 software. I want to create Full backups manually. I am backing up my entire notebook PC to an USB external hard drive. I am not sure how to configure the auto cleanup rules.
I would recommend updating to the latest Build 6571 for ATIH 2016 as 6027 has been superceded several times since being released.
I have a 1.5 TB USB external hard drive; I want the full backups to fill up this external drive.
Here are the following steps which I have done:
1) open Acronis True Image 2016 software.
2) click on the "Schedule" tab. a) select "Do not schedule" b) click on "OK" button.
3) click on the "Backup scheme" tab.
a) change the Backup method to "Full".
b) click on "Turn on automatic cleanup".
I) What do I need to change in "Old version cleanup rules:"?
+) Do I click on "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" radial button and change size amount specification.
+) Do I need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box? c) click on "OK" button.Fine so far, but if using "Keep size of the backup no more than 1 GB" then adjust this to be the size of your 1.5TB external hard drive, i.e. 1500 GB or perhaps a little less, i.e. 1300 GB.
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
4) click on the "Advanced" tab.
a) Do I need to click on "Backup splitting"?
+) Do I leave this setting on "Automatic" for Backup splitting?
b) click on "Validation".
+) check the "Validate backup when it is created" check box?
+) check the "Validate backup regularly" check box and set this setting as "Turn on".
c) click on "Backup comment".
+) Can I type in Backup comment for each full backup when I backup to a USB external hard drive within Windows and also to backup after booting up from a USB flash drive?Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
For the Validation settings, that is your choice. I personally do not set the Validation to run either at backup creation or regularly. I have the option to perform a manual validation on demand. If you do set to validate on backup then be aware of the extra time that this will require to complete the process.
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
d) click on "Performance".
+) change "Compression level" to Max.
+) change "Operation priority" to Normal.
e) click on "OK" button.
5) click on "Backup scheme" tab.
+) Do I need to click on the "SAVE AS..." button to save this custom backup scheme?
6) Do I need to click on "Save as default" check box at the bottom of the screen of "Backup scheme" and at the bottom of the screen of "Advanced" ?For Performance, there is very little real benefit to setting compression level to Max or operational priority to Normal, both of these will impact on any other activities you may be performing on the laptop while the backup is running, unless you intend to not use it at all during backups!
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
Hello, Mr. Smith,
I have the following questions for you:
Your suggestion 1:
If you are making only Full backups, then there is no need to check the "Do not delete the first version of the backup" check box, assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive.
- What do you mean by saying "assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive"?
Your suggestion 2:
Leave the backup splitting as Automatic - this is only really necessary if you are using FAT32 formatted drives or Optical media etc. For NTFS or GPT formatted drives, there should be no need to split the backup size.
- If I have a NTFS formatted drive, then "what setting do I need to change to prevent backup size from splitting up"?
Your suggestion 3:
For the Backup comment, you can only set this once at the time that the task is created unless you intend to edit the task before every time it is run. The comments cannot be seen using the Windows ATIH 2016 software, they are only visible when booted from the Acronis Rescue Media.
- So, A Bootable Acronis Rescue Media can include a CD/DVD or a USB Flash Drive?
Your suggestion 4:
The 'Save as' button is only useful if you intend to use exactly the same backup scheme settings for any other backup tasks you create on this laptop, which as this is a full backup seems unlikely.
- What do you mean by saying "which as this is a full backup seems unlikely."?
Your suggestion 5:
The Save as default lets you save some of your other settings such as for Email Notifications, Error handling etc so that any new tasks will pick up those same settings without having to re-enter them every time.
- So, You can check the "Save as default" check box to save the settings in "Backup scheme", "Notifications", "Exclusions" and "Advanced" sections of Disk backup options?
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Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
Tow,
- What do you mean by saying "assuming that you can store multiple copies of your Full backup on your external drive"?
I do not know how big your full backup images are, hence the assumption. If your full backup size = 100GB, then you could potentially store upto 15 of these backups on your 1.5TB drive.
- If I have a NTFS formatted drive, then "what setting do I need to change to prevent backup size from splitting up"?
None, the default setting for backup splitting is 'Automatic' and NTFS drives can store upto 2TB size images.
- So, A Bootable Acronis Rescue Media can include a CD/DVD or a USB Flash Drive?
You can create the bootable Acronis Rescue Media on DVD or USB flash drive, with ATIH 2016 it is too big to fit on CD. The point here was that Backup Comments are only visible from the Rescue Media, not within the Windows ATIH application.
- What do you mean by saying "which as this is a full backup seems unlikely."?
You asked about saving the Backup Scheme with a custom name but you are doing a full system backup already so there is no benefit to saving this scheme as it cannot be used for any other purpose. Custom schemes are more useful where you are setting very specific rules for the number of incremental / differential backups, cleanup rules etc.
- So, You can check the "Save as default" check box to save the settings in "Backup scheme", "Notifications", "Exclusions" and "Advanced" sections of Disk backup options?
In essence, yes. This is more useful for saving your Email Notifications settings to save having to re-enter these each time you setup a new task, or for Exclusions or Advanced settings. I am not sure that this applies to the Backup Scheme section.
Dear Mr. Smith,
I have a Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC.
The hard drive on this notebook PC is 1.5 TB.
Do you think it is necessary to set the compression level to Max so I can save more backup images to my 1.5 TB USB 2.0 external hard drive?
Do you think I need to create 1 main folder called Windows 7?
Do you think I can create subfolders within this main folder? Each subfolder is named as <Month , Day, Year> for each new full backup that I create.
How can I manuallly delete a previous full backup image in a subfolder which I don't need without getting an error message that says "this backup image is corrupted and only files can be recovered from this backup image" when I manually validate a later time full backup image before doing a full system recovery?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
The hard drive on this notebook PC is 1.5 TB.
Do you think it is necessary to set the compression level to Max so I can save more backup images to my 1.5 TB USB 2.0 external hard drive?
Do you think I need to create 1 main folder called Windows 7?
Do you think I can create subfolders within this main folder?
Each subfolder is named as <Month , Day, Year> for each new full backup that I create.How can I manuallly delete a previous full backup image in a subfolder which I don't need without getting an error message that says "this backup image is corrupted and only files can be recovered from this backup image" when I manually validate a later time full backup image before doing a full system recovery?
Tow, while your notebook hard drive is 1.5TB, how much is actually used space?
That will give you a better idea of what the size of your backup image will be.
I personally leave the compression level set to Normal and find that this works fine for me, the difference in the backup archive size is only 1-2 GB but requires more CPU to achieve higher compression levels which will drain the battery on laptop devices more quickly.
Creating a main folder is helpful to keep all your backups together for the same system providing you use different task names, which in turn are used for the backup files. I wouldn't advise creating subfolders for each new backup if these are all for the same source data - this would require that you have to edit / update the backup task before each new backup which can then cause other issues, in particular with version chains if you are making incremental or differential images.
It is not recommended to manually delete backup images as this will cause the Acronis Database to become out of sync with the actual backup image files on the external drive. Use the automatic cleanup rules to handle the deletion of old backup versions from within the Acronis application.
The hard drive on this notebook PC is 1.5 TB.
Do you think it is necessary to set the compression level to Max so I can save more backup images to my 1.5 TB USB 2.0 external hard drive?
Do you think I need to create 1 main folder called Windows 7?
Do you think I can create subfolders within this main folder?
Each subfolder is named as <Month , Day, Year> for each new full backup that I create.How can I manuallly delete a previous full backup image in a subfolder which I don't need without getting an error message that says "this backup image is corrupted and only files can be recovered from this backup image" when I manually validate a later time full backup image before doing a full system recovery?
Tow, while your notebook hard drive is 1.5TB, how much is actually used space?
That will give you a better idea of what the size of your backup image will be.I personally leave the compression level set to Normal and find that this works fine for me, the difference in the backup archive size is only 1-2 GB but requires more CPU to achieve higher compression levels which will drain the battery on laptop devices more quickly.
Creating a main folder is helpful to keep all your backups together for the same system providing you use different task names, which in turn are used for the backup files. I wouldn't advise creating subfolders for each new backup if these are all for the same source data - this would require that you have to edit / update the backup task before each new backup which can then cause other issues, in particular with version chains if you are making incremental or differential images.
It is not recommended to manually delete backup images as this will cause the Acronis Database to become out of sync with the actual backup image files on the external drive. Use the automatic cleanup rules to handle the deletion of old backup versions from within the Acronis application.
The hard drive on this notebook PC is 1.5 TB.
Do you think it is necessary to set the compression level to Max so I can save more backup images to my 1.5 TB USB 2.0 external hard drive?
Do you think I need to create 1 main folder called Windows 7?
Do you think I can create subfolders within this main folder?
Each subfolder is named as <Month , Day, Year> for each new full backup that I create.How can I manuallly delete a previous full backup image in a subfolder which I don't need without getting an error message that says "this backup image is corrupted and only files can be recovered from this backup image" when I manually validate a later time full backup image before doing a full system recovery?
Tow, while your notebook hard drive is 1.5TB, how much is actually used space?
That will give you a better idea of what the size of your backup image will be.I personally leave the compression level set to Normal and find that this works fine for me, the difference in the backup archive size is only 1-2 GB but requires more CPU to achieve higher compression levels which will drain the battery on laptop devices more quickly.
Creating a main folder is helpful to keep all your backups together for the same system providing you use different task names, which in turn are used for the backup files. I wouldn't advise creating subfolders for each new backup if these are all for the same source data - this would require that you have to edit / update the backup task before each new backup which can then cause other issues, in particular with version chains if you are making incremental or differential images.
It is not recommended to manually delete backup images as this will cause the Acronis Database to become out of sync with the actual backup image files on the external drive. Use the automatic cleanup rules to handle the deletion of old backup versions from within the Acronis application.
Dear Mr. Smith,
When you say “how much is actually used space?” Are you asking about how much used space on my notebook PC's hard drive?
You said: “but requires more CPU to achieve higher compression levels which will drain the battery on laptop devices more quickly”. What if I use the battery plugged into a surge protector to supply power to my notebook PC while doing the Max compression level for creating a new full backup image then would the notebook PC’s battery be not drained because the battery is maintaining power?
What do you mean by saying “providing you use different task names”?
What do you mean by saying “if these are all for the same source data”?
Can I use the automatic cleanup rules to handle the deletion of old backup versions from Acronis application when booting from an Acronis Rescue Media?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
Tow,
Yes, I was asking about the size of your notebook PC hard drive, how much is used and how much is free? i.e. 250GB with 120GB used, 130GB free?
Yes, having the notebook plugged into power will protect the battery but choosing a higher compression level will still require more CPU processing power to perform the compression task. If you are not intending to do anything else on the notebook at the same time, then there should be no issue.
By different task names, I simply mean to make identification of the backup archive data more easy. For example:
Task name = WindowsC backup archive name will be WindowsC_full_b1_s1_v1 etc.
Task name = DataD - backup archive name will be DataD_full_b1_s1_v1 etc.
Both of these task can be stored in the same target folder and be easily identified which files belong to which task.
There would be no need to create separate sub-folders for new backups of your task WindowsC source data as ATIH will take care of further backups by incrementing the file name, i.e. _full_b1_ for the 1st backup, _full_b2_ for the 2nd ec.
The automatic cleanup rules only apply to the Acronis Windows application, not to the bootable Acronis Rescue Media.
Dear Mr. Smith,
I have the following information about how much my notebook PC hard drive is used and free:
My whole hard drive is 1.5 TB and have 3 partitions:
Local Disk (C:) : 1.27 TB free of 1.34 TB , NTFS file system
Recovery (D:) : 2.34 GB free of 21.8 GB , NTFS file system
TOOLS (F:) : 60.5 MB free of 99.0 MB , FAT32 file system
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For the Backup comment, I can only enter it once before I start the full backup image process in Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software? Why are the comments only visible at the time a bootable Acronis Resue Media is used?
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What should I do if I want to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 Professional 64-bit operating system from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC?
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Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
My whole hard drive is 1.5 TB and have 3 partitions:
Local Disk (C:) : 1.27 TB free of 1.34 TB , NTFS file system
Recovery (D:) : 2.34 GB free of 21.8 GB , NTFS file system
TOOLS (F:) : 60.5 MB free of 99.0 MB , FAT32 file system
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For the Backup comment, I can only enter it once before I start the full backup image process in Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software? Why are the comments only visible at the time a bootable Acronis Resue Media is used?=========================================================
What should I do if I want to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 Professional 64-bit operating system from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC?
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Tow, thank you for the further information which shows that you have 7GB used on C:, 19.5GB used on D:, & 40MB used on F: giving a total backup size for the whole drive of around 27GB before any compression is applied, so somewhere around 22GB after compression of 20%, but may be less depending on the actual files involved. This shows that you could repeat this backup many times on your external 1.5TB backup drive.
You are correct about backup comments, this can only be entered when setting up the backup task and is only visible in the Rescue Media - this is intended to help you identify your backups when booted outside of Windows - the comments are deemed not necessary in the Windows environment.
If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 (before July 29th when the free offer expires), then make a full disk backup of your notebook drive (approximately 22GB) and ensure that all hidden system partitions are included!
My whole hard drive is 1.5 TB and have 3 partitions:
Local Disk (C:) : 1.27 TB free of 1.34 TB , NTFS file system
Recovery (D:) : 2.34 GB free of 21.8 GB , NTFS file system
TOOLS (F:) : 60.5 MB free of 99.0 MB , FAT32 file system
=========================================================
For the Backup comment, I can only enter it once before I start the full backup image process in Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software? Why are the comments only visible at the time a bootable Acronis Resue Media is used?=========================================================
What should I do if I want to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 Professional 64-bit operating system from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC?
=========================================================Tow, thank you for the further information which shows that you have 7GB used on C:, 19.5GB used on D:, & 40MB used on F: giving a total backup size for the whole drive of around 27GB before any compression is applied, so somewhere around 22GB after compression of 20%, but may be less depending on the actual files involved. This shows that you could repeat this backup many times on your external 1.5TB backup drive.
You are correct about backup comments, this can only be entered when setting up the backup task and is only visible in the Rescue Media - this is intended to help you identify your backups when booted outside of Windows - the comments are deemed not necessary in the Windows environment.
If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 (before July 29th when the free offer expires), then make a full disk backup of your notebook drive (approximately 22GB) and ensure that all hidden system partitions are included!
My whole hard drive is 1.5 TB and have 3 partitions:
Local Disk (C:) : 1.27 TB free of 1.34 TB , NTFS file system
Recovery (D:) : 2.34 GB free of 21.8 GB , NTFS file system
TOOLS (F:) : 60.5 MB free of 99.0 MB , FAT32 file system
=========================================================
For the Backup comment, I can only enter it once before I start the full backup image process in Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software? Why are the comments only visible at the time a bootable Acronis Resue Media is used?=========================================================
What should I do if I want to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 Professional 64-bit operating system from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC?
=========================================================Tow, thank you for the further information which shows that you have 7GB used on C:, 19.5GB used on D:, & 40MB used on F: giving a total backup size for the whole drive of around 27GB before any compression is applied, so somewhere around 22GB after compression of 20%, but may be less depending on the actual files involved. This shows that you could repeat this backup many times on your external 1.5TB backup drive.
You are correct about backup comments, this can only be entered when setting up the backup task and is only visible in the Rescue Media - this is intended to help you identify your backups when booted outside of Windows - the comments are deemed not necessary in the Windows environment.
If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 (before July 29th when the free offer expires), then make a full disk backup of your notebook drive (approximately 22GB) and ensure that all hidden system partitions are included!
My whole hard drive is 1.5 TB and have 3 partitions:
Local Disk (C:) : 1.27 TB free of 1.34 TB , NTFS file system
Recovery (D:) : 2.34 GB free of 21.8 GB , NTFS file system
TOOLS (F:) : 60.5 MB free of 99.0 MB , FAT32 file system
=========================================================
For the Backup comment, I can only enter it once before I start the full backup image process in Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software? Why are the comments only visible at the time a bootable Acronis Resue Media is used?=========================================================
What should I do if I want to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 Professional 64-bit operating system from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1 operating system on my notebook PC?
=========================================================Tow, thank you for the further information which shows that you have 7GB used on C:, 19.5GB used on D:, & 40MB used on F: giving a total backup size for the whole drive of around 27GB before any compression is applied, so somewhere around 22GB after compression of 20%, but may be less depending on the actual files involved. This shows that you could repeat this backup many times on your external 1.5TB backup drive.
You are correct about backup comments, this can only be entered when setting up the backup task and is only visible in the Rescue Media - this is intended to help you identify your backups when booted outside of Windows - the comments are deemed not necessary in the Windows environment.
If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 (before July 29th when the free offer expires), then make a full disk backup of your notebook drive (approximately 22GB) and ensure that all hidden system partitions are included!
Dear Mr. Smith,
If I upgrade to Windows 10 then can I still store a latest full backup image of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit along with a full backup image of Windows 10 Professional 64-bit on the same external hard drive? Can I restore back Windows 7 Professional 64-bit by using Acronis True Image 2016 software?
How do you ensure that all hidden system partitions are included in the full backup image of my notebook drive after the free upgrade to Windows 10?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
If I upgrade to Windows 10 then can I still store a latest full backup image of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit along with a full backup image of Windows 10 Professional 64-bit on the same external hard drive?
Yes. You can store multiple backups of any systems you want on a single drive. The only limitation will be the amount of available storage space on the drive where you store backups. I'd recommend keeping each backup in it's own folder for good housekeeping and use unique names for each backup.
Can I restore back Windows 7 Professional 64-bit by using Acronis True Image 2016 software?
Yes, you can restore back any images taken with Acronis 2014 and newer with Acronis 2016. Take a full disk image of your Win 7 machine before you upgrade and hold onto it - just in case.
How do you ensure that all hidden system partitions are included in the full backup image of my notebook drive after the free upgrade to Windows 10?
Take a full disk image. When you image the entire disk, it will get all paritions that live on the disk as well - including any hidden ones. See the attached screenshot. I'd recommend taking a full disk image with your offline bootable recovery media (outside of Windows), both before the upgrade and after the upgrade for reference points you can fall back on. Backups in Windows are fine, but there is more at play (like antivirus, Windows dependencies, possible malware, etc). Using your offline media, there is no Windows in play - it just backs up the entire disk as if it was data and has no dependecy on the OS that is installed on it at the time.
Check out the sticky with videos for reference on both in Windows backups and offline bootable media backups
Dear Bobbo,
Thank you for your response.
I don't see the attached screenshot which you have for me? Can you tell me where it is?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you again.
Dear Mr. Smith,
What do you mean by saying: “so somewhere around 22 GB after compression of 20%”?
Why are “the comments are deemed not necessary in the Windows environment”?
If I perform a full backup in Windows 7 64-bit operating system then which of the 2 Automatic cleanup rules is better to setup for use? : 1) Delete versions older than [defined period]. OR 2) Store no more than [n] recent versions. Can you give me some case scenarios or examples?
After I have updated my Windows Acronis True Image 2016 on my Windows 7 machine each time, then should I create a new Acronis bootable USB flash drive media by using the Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
Tow, for Bobbo's question please see: https://forum.acronis.com/forum/117004 which he directed you to take a look at in his earlier reply to you.
Please read my earlier reply where I said:
Tow, thank you for the further information which shows that you have 7GB used on C:, 19.5GB used on D:, & 40MB used on F: giving a total backup size for the whole drive of around 27GB before any compression is applied, so somewhere around 22GB after compression of 20%, but may be less depending on the actual files involved. This shows that you could repeat this backup many times on your external 1.5TB backup drive.
I am not sure how I can make this much clearer to you. I have taken the used sizes of the partitions on your OS drive then applied an estimated compression factor of 20% to give a possible Acronis backup file size of around 22GB for 7GB + 19.5GB + 40MB data sizes = ~27GB before compression.
If I perform a full backup in Windows 7 64-bit operating system then which of the 2 Automatic cleanup rules is better to setup for use? : 1) Delete versions older than [defined period]. OR 2) Store no more than [n] recent versions. Can you give me some case scenarios or examples?
I personally use the 2nd option to Store no more than [n] versions so that I have a better idea of how much space will be required to hold this number of backup versions.
After I have updated my Windows Acronis True Image 2016 on my Windows 7 machine each time, then should I create a new Acronis bootable USB flash drive media by using the Windows Acronis True Image 2016 software?
Yes, if there have been any significant changes or fixes included in any new updates for ATIH 2016. If you are using a bootable USB flash drive then this should be an easy option to upgrade rather than having to burn a new CD or DVD to include such update changes.
Dear Mr. Smith,
I was wondering if there is a mathematical forumla to use in order to determine how large and how many full backup images can be stored on a USB external hard drive? This is for the cleanup rules: "Store no more than X recent versions". I know I can fill my external hard drive up to 50% full in order to have enough space left to run new full backups and execute the cleanup rules.
For my example below:
I have a 2TB USB external hard drive. It is 1.74 TB free of 1.81 TB.
Please reply back soon.
Thank your help.
Hello Tow, the only mathematical forumula would be to take the average size of your full backup images and use this to determine how many of these you can fit on to your 2TB USB external disk drive. The key consideration here is that ATIH will need to create a new full backup before automatic cleanup will remove the oldest version chain.
For example: if we assume that each full backup has an average size of 50GB, then you could hold around a maximum of 34 full backup image files on your 1.7GB of drive space, so you could configure to "Store no more than 33 recent versions" knowing that you have room to store 34 (33 + 1 new full backup). To allow for some variation in backup sizes, you could reduce this to "Store no more than 30 recent versions" to give you the equivalent of 200GB of free space (based on a full backup size of 50GB).
There isn't one - you can only calculate as best you can based on how large your full backups are and how often your backups grow based on the data you add to your system. I would plan for based on how long you want/need to keep the backups. Do you really need more than a month for your entire OS?
For me, personally, For my OS, I use a Weekly differential backup scheme (1 full on Monday + 3 diffs (Wed, Fri, Sat)). I keep 4 version chains which equals about 1 month and that's it, set and forget.
For my data (my user profile), I have a second backup scehme that is also weekly (1 full on Thursday + 6 incrementals (Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed) and keep the version chain to what I'm comfortable reverting back to... again for me, that ends up being 1 month. However, I could easily make this one 3 months, 6 months, or a year because my user profile is much smaller than the entire OS). I really don't need to be able to go back beyond a month for any files so that's where I set my limits.
You're going to have to do some of your own calculating and determine what you feel is the best plan of attack. Personally, I think that if you're fine with having a months worth of data, you could adopt my backup schemes as well. Not only do you have different avenues to restore user data, but you also have different frequency of backups and different types (incrementals and differentials).
"Thank you for your help Mr. Smith and Bobbo."
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Hello Mr. Smith,
Your example: "
For example: if we assume that each full backup has an average size of 50GB, then you could hold around a maximum of 34 full backup image files on your 1.7GB of drive space, so you could configure to "Store no more than 33 recent versions" knowing that you have room to store 34 (33 + 1 new full backup). To allow for some variation in backup sizes, you could reduce this to "Store no more than 30 recent versions" to give you the equivalent of 200GB of free space (based on a full backup size of 50GB). "
Let me explain the calculations to you so you can tell me if I understand your calculations correctly:
Do you mean "the maximum of 34 full backup image files on your 1.7TB of drive space" instead of saying "the maximum of 34 full backup image files on your 1.7GB of drive space"?
50 GB x 34 = 1700 GB ; 50 GB = average full backup image size.
1700 GB = 1.660156 TB
1700 GB ≈ 1.66 TB
Store 34 (33 + 1 new full backup) = Store no more than 33 recent versions.
Allow some variation in backup sizes:
50 GB x 31 = 1550 GB ; 50 GB = average full backup image size.
1550 GB = 1.513672 TB
1550 GB ≈ 1.51 TB
Store 31 (30 + 1 new full backup) = Store no more than 30 recent versions = the equivalent of 200 GB free space.
1.74 TB (total free space on drive) – 1.51 TB (total used backup space) = 0.23 TB (remaining free space).
0.23 TB = 235.52 GB
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
Tow, sorry the example should have said 1.7TB (not 1.7GB) - my typing error.
The calculations need to use your own actual backup sizes to be realistic in terms of how many backups you can hold on your drive. I was just giving an example where a backup might be 50GB in size, but this does not take into account if you are going to create incremental or differential backups, which will reduce the maximum number of backup version chains you can store on the drive.
A backup version chain = 1 x Full backup plus all Incremental (or Differential) backups with the same backup sequence number, i.e. _b1_ is backup sequence 1.
Automatic cleanup rules work on backup version chains, not on individual backup files.
Hello Mr. Smith,
I have a question about what you have said below:
"To allow for some variation in backup sizes, you could reduce this to "Store no more than 30 recent versions" to give you the equivalent of 200GB of free space (based on a full backup size of 50GB).""
How did you get exactly 200GB of free space from Store no more than 30 recent versions?
Please reply back soon.
Thank you for your help.
Tow, you really need to use your own backup file sizes here and do the maths for yourself as to how many backups you can store on your backup drive. My examples were exactly that, just examples based on what may be a possible backup size compared to your backup drive size.