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Dissappearing Backup Versions

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After making a backup I get and error that "cannot find version 1". This is usually when backing up to the Acronis secure zone. It happens with full partition or file backups. I also notice that the Acronis Secure Zone fills up even if it should be open for more files. I have erased all Backups and deleted the Secure Zone. When recreating the Secure Zone and Backups the problem appears again.
Sometimes all versions of a backup disappear and the Backup says "not backed up yet". This loss of the backups seems permanent until I create a new Backup.

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What type of backups?: full; incremental; differential?

FYI:

I advise against creating the Acronis Secure Zone. It's really meant as a sub-optimal method of backup for people who have no external target to which to backup. If your drive fails, you would lose your system, files, and your Secure Zone backups.

It's much better and safer to make backup images to an external hard drive.

Also, in the past there were occasional reports of the Secure Zone causing problems to the system. When I installed Secure Zone on one PC, it corrupted the hard drive causing data loss and rendering the system unbootable. Perhaps the latest versions of Secure Zone are improved, but that experience coupled with its inherent insecurity and lack of redundancy cause me to be wary of Secure Zone.

I also recommend against the associated Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. If activated, it modifies your system drive Master Boot Record (MBR), which can cause problems with multi-boot managers and other low-level disk utilities.