Why are My Backups sometimes Single file and sometimes Multi-file ?
First I backed up my Entire Computer to an External H.D. - and I got 1 Large file named Entire PC (DESKTOP-FRC16CE)_full_b1s1_v1 : type Acronis True Image Backup Archive : Size 11,994,315 KB.
Then I backed up the Entire PC , To a USB Flash Drive - after adding the Pro-tool audio Program to the same computer and I got 9 files :
Entire PC (desktop-frC16CE) _full b1_s1_v1 and v2, v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8 & v9. The first 8 of these files are 4,194,304 KB and the 9th file is 883,946 Kb : Each of the 9 files shows a Date modified time of 2/25/2017 and each is about 1 minute earlier than the succeeding file , ex . 5:57 am .. 5:58 am ... 5:59 am ..etc.
Why did the Full backup to the external Hard drive - produce 1 large file and the backup of the same computer to a USB stick with a couple more programs on it - - produce 9 smaller files ?
I did not log into the acronis online account to do the 2nd backup to the USB and am not sure if I Did when I backed up the pc initially.
I also take it that if I want to preserve these backups ..when I make a new backup , I must choose ADD Backup from the Acronis window.

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Thanks a lot . Makes sense - I will see if I can format the flash dirve to Ntfs
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