How to eliminate some portion of incremental backups without corruption
I normally customize my incremental backup to occur every day, with a new full backup begining every third day. Over time, the amount of space the backups occupy becomes very large. I would like to be able to eliminate all but the past two full and incremental backups in the series when the combined files become too large. My practice has been to remove the backup from the main list and search and add existing backup through the browsing process. When I try to do this, and browse for the backup files I may wish to restore, I see a list that has backups that I have erased as well as those that I wish to retain. Is there a formal process for doing this?


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Thank you Steve for the very helpful and clearly expressed info. I notice on this page above is a link entitled "PM." Not sure what those letters designate. When I click on that it appears that I may be sending you an email. Will you accept other questions via that direct email route?
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James, although you can send Private Messages (PM) you will get a more comprehensive and possibly faster response by posting other questions directly in the forums. I am just another user / volunteer here like the majority of those who answer the questions posed here, so cannot guarantee that I am always available (my wife has other ideas about how I spend my spare time for one!).
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