deleting Differential files In True Image 2018
My backup scheme is custom where I have 1 full backup then do a Diff every day. After some time I would like to delete Diff files such that I only have 1 Diff per month for anything older than 3 months. This means deleting about 30 or so Diff files when they become 3 months old, leaving only 1 Diff file for that month.
I have read that I can't just delete the files with windows explorer because it messes up the internal DB in True Image. I also read somewhere that the only way to do this deletion and keep the DB consistent is to boot from rescue disk and do it from there, but I can't seem to find a way to delete the files in the recovery boot program. I have also read that I can clone my backup scheme then delete the Diff's created with the old backup scheme, then continue with backups using the new (ie cloned) backup scheme. If I do this do I need to do another full backup then subsequent Diff's or are the original backups (full and diff) from the original scheme still available for restore?
Sorry, but the simple act of deleting a Diff file seems to be much more complicated than it should be, BUT I would like to do it correctly, so any help is appreciated.


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