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Wrong backup number assigned after reinstallation

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After I reinstalled W10 from scratch and a reinstall of Acronis 2016 Home version Acronis does not recognize I already have 285 full version 1s of my backups on my destination disk. (Mandatory because we need to keep 7 years of history.) The next backup started again with number 1 version 1, while I was expecting and hoping it would be number 286 version 1.
What do I need to do to have the next backup starting with number 286 any version?

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You would have first to "add" the existing backup. Click on the circled down arrow in the "add new backup" rectangle. Choose "add existing backup". If ATI successfully adds the backup (it can take a long time to complete this operation), you will be able to "reconfigure the backup". Go through each option and setting separately (Scheme, schedule, etc.).

You could also copy your existing backup files to another directory, start new backup with ATI 2106, and delete manually your obsolete backups every year.