backup settings
i want to know what backup settings are appropriate for me, an experienced computer user but who wants to have simple settings that will assure me that i've backed up everything i need but won't run out of space on my destination drives. the backup settings are confusing.
(it also appears that i've included too much system information...!)
thanks for your suggestion, but this doesn't fully answer my question; here are my notes from a few years ago:
DESTINATION g: WD passport SCHEDULE do not schedule BACKUP SCHEME scheme: custom method: full auto cleanup: delete older than 7 days
i had to manually make these settings - and it still seems the portable drive filled up...
shouldn't there be a default configuration that, for a home user, gives what they'll want in the majority of situations?
Lee, there is no one size fits all with regards to default backup settings - every computer will be different, the volumes of data different, and the size of backup drive capacity different. Sorry but you will need to find the settings that work best for you.
Steve, as a pc user from about 1984 i respectfully observe that 90% of home users need a simple backup configuration which assures them that their data was reliably saved, will be easily recoverable, and won't fill up a sufficiently large destination drive.
but because i'm among the elite 10%, i'll continue to experiment!
Lee, understand the argument and have a similar historical perspective after coming to computing in 1976. If users simply click on the option to 'Add backup' this will default to creating an 'Entire PC' backup to the Acronis Cloud (which should be changed to a local, external backup drive) using a set of default options which include a Weekly schedule at the time when the task was created, using an Incremental backup scheme with 5 incremental files then a new Full backup and whatever the default cleanup option is etc.
My own task options have been modified and then I used 'Save as default' so that further tasks will inherit the same settings, hence I am not sure what the original default values were (without needing to reset the application!).
The above may well satisfy the needs of a majority of users with single drive computer systems but can become more difficult to manage on more complex systems with multiple drives.