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Sector by Sectoe - clikcing Do not back up unallocated space

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Hi in Acronis 20102, when i did sector by sector, I checked the "Do not backup unallocated space" box and as expected, a 120GB partition with 40 GB of data was like 37GB

Now in ATI 2017, it appears the whole partition is backed up- regardless of checking this box.

Is this expected behavior now?- If so, is there any drawback doing a normal backup on the Windows 10 partition.

 

thanks

 

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Bob, in ATIH 2017 there is no option for "Do not backup unallocated space" as you say was in the 2012 version.

From the ATIH 2017 User Guide: Image creation mode it has the following:

You can use these parameters to create an exact copy of your whole partitions or hard disks, and not only the sectors that contain data. For example, this can be useful when you want to back up a partition or disk containing an operating system that is not supported by Acronis True Image. Please note that this mode increases processing time and usually results in a larger image file.

  • To create a sector-by-sector image, select the Back up sector-by-sector check box.
  • To include all unallocated disk space into the backup, select the Back up unallocated space check box.

    This check box is available only when the Back up sector-by-sector check box is selected.

Note the difference here, the Back up unallocated space check box must be deselected if you don't want unallocated space to be included.