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Folder name / backup filesize issue

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HELP! I have two 1.5 TB ext HDDs which I swap out every week or so. I have one FILE BACKUP plan on each one, what I thought was an Incremental Backup (anything that has changed after full, initial Backup? - how do I confirm this as my backup method?) of entire C: drive and parts of D: (secondary internal HDD). In Acronis "control panel" my current Backup shows its size as 975.09 GB, while the true size on drive is 1.28 TB.

The last few times I ran the backup, it wasn't shutting donw my Windows 7 OS, and the drive was dormant upon my return in the morning.  I've been having to do hard shutdowns to restart.

I'm just not sure it's doing its job. Files seem to be creating, naming themselves oddly.

Not sure if I'm set up right. Name of Backup is < 1_5_TB_2 >. Printed directory. File names attached in Excel.

Am I doing this right?

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Depending on the type of files you have on your disk, it looks like your backup size is OK compared with the size on disk.

For incremental (all changes since the last backup, whether full or incremental) or differential (all changes since the last full backup), you always need the initial full backup on the backup disk.

If I had to do what you are trying to do, I would create 2 different backup tasks, one for each of your backup drives, and schedule them at the same time. This way each backup would run only when the corresponding disk is plugged in, and each back up chain would remain coherent.