Act of mounting an image as Read/Write creates a .tib file?
I wanted to look at some Registry entries in a backup this morning, so I mounted one of my backups as a Windows drive e.g. as I:\ from this file:
backup_2014-06-02_full_b1_s1_v1.tib
and I mounted it as Read/Write lest regedit.exe complain when I attempt to Load Hive.
Well it works of course but I see later after unmounting the .tib file that a new file has been added to my backup drive:
backup_2014-06-02_full_b1_s1_v2.tib
Note the "v2" on this file, and it is one-hundredth the size of the original i.e. 350MB vs the original 33,000MB.
I did not afaik make any changes to the mounted image, at least I certainly INTENDED no changes, I only Exported a key from it, so
1. Is there anything of value in this v2 file i.e. anything ATI needs in there for the future?
2. Can I delete it from my backup drive?
I'm a long-time user of ATI but have never, ever worked with versioning--I've only always made complete backups each time--this smallish file concerns me now...
EDIT: I've now mounted another .tib, this time right-clicking it in Windows Explorer from the list of .tibs on my backup drive, and I see that the simple act of mounting the .tib in R/W mode causes a v2 file to be created. I want to delete these and assume I can do so with no impact to the original full backup?

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Thank you GroverH! While waiting on a reply, and thinking about this some more, it occurred to me that AFAICT the original backup had not been touched in any way, therefore I surmised that it ought to be perfectly useable without the v2 file.
I didn't know about the Versioning stuff your Help pic shows. Guess it's time I actually used the software huh! For too long now I've been buying licenses but then I've only used the "boot disk" functionality! Though I did observe after making my first backup at the Windows desktop that it is almost an order of magnitude slower that from a boot disk. Handy though.
Thanks again.
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For the record, the easy way to get-rid of these R/W mount additions is to right-click on the date and Delete, then right-click on the initial backup date and Validate.
Unhappily for me, I tried first to Validate by clicking the Settings icon for a backup, which opens a sorta useless dialog while the Validate progress bar occurs in the background. If you Close that open window it kills your validation mid-process.
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Thanks for the follow-up.
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