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Include & Exclude on file level backups

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Had a question on when or whether new files and directories are included in backup jobs. In TI Home 11 doing a data file backup suppose the structure is:

MyFiles
..\Important
..\Unimportant

If I create a job, and first include MyFiles and then exclude MyFiles\Unimportant (leaving a box for MyFiles and check for MyFiles\Important). When the job is later run anything newly added files and directories to MyFiles\Important will be backed up and that MyFiles\Unimportant will not. But what about newly added content to MyFiles? If I want new files or directories under MyFiles to be included must I recreate the job each time?

Put another way, how do I exclude a subdirectory without implicitly excluding new items that are not in that directory's path?
thanks!

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Hello Scott,

Thank you for posting your question, I will be happy to help.

If you created My data backup task, you are unable to add the new source folders from the folder tree automatically, you should edit the task adding the new folders manually. I suggest you to perform a backup of the entire partition (Launch Acronis True Image 11 Home -> Click Backup and restore -> Backup -> My Computer -> Disks and partitions -> Choose the desired partitions for backup (partition C: is already marked).

You can exclude the undesired folders to save space when creating backups by ensuring that you are not backing up the information you do not want to keep. To exclude the undesired folders you should specify the folder path (for example, D:\MyFiles\Unimportant\) in Default backup options (Tools -> Options -> Default backup options -> Source file exclusions). Please note that the folder path needs to be closed with a backward slash.

The program allows you to restore specified files or folders from a partition backup archive. You should select Restore specified files or folders instead of Restore disks or partitions item. With this selection, you will be further asked to select where to restore selected folders/files (original or new location), choose files/folders to be restored, and so on. 

Please do not hesitate to ask additional questions if the provided information is not clear or you need a further assistance. 

Thank you.

Thank you for the tip on setting up exclusions paths as a default to be used in the creation of new backup jobs. Previously I had only used exclusions for file types. When entered as a backup default, the exclusions were recognized for creating a file-level (My data) backup. Default exclusions did not appear when creating an image (My computer) backup, but could be reentered for each job.