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True Image backup scheme and file versioning questions

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hello everyone, I have set up a backup scheme in acronis true image 2020 for Windows of this type: incremental backup, every hour, perform a full backup every 300 incremental backups, delete backups older than 270 days.

I think this is one of the configurations that best approaches how time machine works.

Of time machine I also miss the ability to see the versions of the files and their changes. For example, a word film edited 5 times in a day, I would like to be able to go back to version number 2 which is contained, for example, in incremental backup number 4 of the day in question.
Is this possible?
Such as with time machine or windows file history?

Or you need to set a different type of backup such as acronis nonstopbackup (which, however, I have not quite understood how it works).

On microsoft windows things are always so complex ...

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Luciano, welcome to these public User Forums.

What type of backup are you describing here?  Is this for Disks & Partitions which use .tibx file format, or is this for Files & Folders which continue to use .tib file format?

incremental backup, every hour, perform a full backup every 300 incremental backups, delete backups older than 270 days.

If the above is Disks & Partitions, then the backup size may grow to be significant, especially if keeping those backups for over 270 days.

If the above is Files & Folders, then personally I would not recommend building incremental backup chains with 300 files as these are all separate files using .tib format and the chain would be broken if a single file became corrupted or damaged for any reason.

If you know when you want to recover a file back to, i.e. can identify a date / time, then you can go back to that specific date and time by selecting either the incremental file created for that period, or else using the recovery drop down menu to select by date & time.

I do not believe that Non-Stop Backup would give you what you want to achieve.

Luciano, I believe Steve Smith is correct in saying that nonstop backup will not do what you want. It merely allows you to find the version of the file at a particular time; it is not a file-versioning process.

Ian