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System Drive Data Type Bar Wrong?

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The file type "bar" for my system drive image backup shows 8.6GB of "Audio Files".  Now, this is a lot for a system drive as I have moved my documents, etc. to other drives.  Try as I might, I cannot find these "Audio Files", that is, I searched for .mp3, .wav, etc. and did not find much.  Does anyone know if this bar is totally bogus, or is it counting files that I don't know about?

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Walt, I am not aware of any published definition of all the file types that Acronis counts in the various categories shown in the data type bar for backup, but I tend to regard it as simply an indication rather than anything more accurate, such that I hardly even look at it these days now the novelty has worn off!

There may have been posts in the forums with more information on what constitutes an audio file for this purpose, but if so, I cannot find it now.

Thanks, Steve.  I've decided to ignore it as well.  At a minimum, Acronis should just delete that bar, or have some way to find out what it is, in particular if it's your system drive.