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Moving Backup Destination Folder

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Greetings,

 

I am cleaning up my external backup hard drive.

Can I move a folder and still use Acronis to access it ?

 

Many thanks,

 

Tom

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Tom, welcome to these public User Forums.

Moving backup files can be problematic due to how Acronis uses metadata etc to store information about file locations.

Perhaps the best method of achieving the same end result is to do as follows:

Make a note of your backup task settings / options (take screen shots of the panels if easier).

Use the Delete option for the task to remove only the backup task settings from the GUI list (don't take the option to delete everything as that includes the backup files!).

Move the files (all of them created by the task, including any 12KB metadata files if present) to the new destination location.

Use the option to 'Add existing backup' (hidden under the caret 'v' to the right of the visible + Add backup option), and select the most recent file from the new location.  This will add the task back to the GUI but will show a 'Reconfigure' button instead of the usual 'Backup now' one.

Click on Reconfigure and reselect the Source data, then set all the task Options.

I agree with Steve's advice; I have taken this approach several times. To move the backup files you may need to temporarily disable active protection.

Ian

Many thanks to both of you.

Hope your week goes well - 

Stay Safe and Cool !