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Acronis TI 2013 build 6514 Metadata database file

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Build 6514 Windows 7 64 bit Pro.

Is there any way, other than removing and re-installing True Image, and deselecting "search for back-ups" after install, of clearing the history in the metadata database file, located somewhere? Or what would happen if an older version of that file in a back-up, were replaced with a newer file from a clean install?
Thanks.

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Changes made in the program usually update the .xml automatically when the program is closed and reopened. I would not recommend making changes manually. If you are having problems, I would suggest performing a repair install. If the .xml is badly damaged, I would back up my settings, perform an uninstall, use the clean up utility (follow ALL instructions) , reboot, then reinstall and import my saved settings, Tasks, etc, If you are referring specifically to disabling the scan for back ups when the program starts, Grover's Help guides have the steps to do this, including the registry changes that need to be performed BEFORE you start the program for the first time.

Version changes can get broken if you restore to a previous point in time and have back ups that exist and are present after this date. The program is suppose to recover from this gracefully, but this does not always happen and in the case of multiple back ups and version chains is even less possible. If the back up you restore has not been updated to the same naming convention used by the currently installed version, once again, problems can result. Again, however, back ups which are deleted, then re-added to view will then appear in the .xml and then become "known" to Acronis.

Thanks for your reply. Search for back-ups is always off and I only make full back-ups, nothing else. I've had a random on-going problem with the software since day 1. It's re-emerged after uninstalling and reinstalling TI 2013 about 4-5 times now. I've also tried different downloads to insure it wasn't a particular download being problematic. A new install has no history of back-ups prior to the install so that's how I've been clearing history. I actually believe the problem is most likely caused by the design of the software. I create full back-ups in custom named folders, stored either within or outside of the "my back-ups" folder on external hard-drives. Doesn't matter which is the case and the problem follows the drive used. I properly delete back-ups using the TI console that I no longer want, which removes the name from the back-up list and deletes the tib files that were in the folders, but leaves the empty folders on the drive where they were located. I then use the Windows OS to delete the folders. No problems at this point. Sometime in the future after the deletions, maybe a few days, maybe more, the software places empty folders where they were previously deleted, with the correct names of the deleted folders. I'm getting a new computer in a few days and will be installing all software myself. I use TI as an alternative to Windows system restore, which doesn't always work, in case of install problems, and make a number of full back-ups along the way, during my install software, deleting unwanted back-ups as I go. This aforementioned problem creates havoc for me. I imagine I could store all of the tib back-up files in a single folder or in my back-ups, but I find that harder to read, than separate titled folders containing the tib back-ups. Also, if I go to tools, mount image, most if not all of the deleted tib file names appear in the window, even though they have been properly deleted. The only solution I can think of as to history, in lieu of removing and reinstalling the TI software, would be if there was a way to clear the history database. But I've no idea how to do that.