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I just did a fresh install of Windows 10.  Followed by an install of Acronis True Image 2018. Then I rearranged all my drive letters.  And finally, I plugged in my external 4GB Seagate drive.

The problem is Acronis cannot find any of my *.tib (backup) files.  I can find them all with explorer, but Acronis can't seem to locate the files.

How do I get Acronis to find all the *.tib files scattered accross several hard drives?

I googled for Acronis and rescan but did not find and answer.

Thank you.

-Julian

 

 

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Julian, I would recommend using the option to 'Add existing backup' which can be found in the main ATI GUI to the right of the usual (Add new backup) button.  Then you can navigate via the file dialogues shown to where your backup .tib files are stored on any of your drives and select just the most recent file for each unique backup.

You will need to reconfigure all the settings for each backup being added.

If you have used the option in ATI 2018 to save your task configuration settings to a zip file, then you could also use the corresponding option to import those settings back into the GUI but if you have changed drive letters, you will still need to reconfigure changed settings for the task.

Hi Steve, I was able to find a solution.  There is a file or key I delete the will force Acronis to re-scan for all the tib files.  Usually, when I find a solution to my question, I will post the answer for the next person to find.  The next person is usually me.  ARGH!

Do you know how to force Acronis to re-scan for all the tib files?  I cannot remember the solution, of course.

And thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

-Julian

Julian, the only method that I am aware of that causes ATI to search for backup .tib files and add them to the ATI GUI list of tasks, is when the application is installed.  I am not aware of any switch to force a rescan / search for such files - there was something in the older versions prior to around 2014 but this was removed.

Take a read of the following topics which are in the same / similar area:

Topic: Turn off automatic search for old backups in TI 2015

Topic: How can I Refresh the 'this computer' list of available Backups?

One word of caution, be careful if you are looking to add any existing backup files to the GUI that have the same name as any existing tasks.  This can be a real cause for confusion at best and corruption at worse.  Ideally every backup task should have a unique name to avoid issues.