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How to have ATI delete a full backup before starting a new one.

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I'm using TI 2013 and have a task that backs up my system to a 32GB thumb drive. The tib file is generally 26GB so I only have room for one version. When I used TI 2010 it would overwrite the old file and create a new one. With TI 2013 it does not seem to do this. It tries to create a new backup while the old one is still there. Of course there isn't room on the thumb drive for two such backups and I get an error message to this effect. If I manually delete the old backup it will create the new one fine.

How can I get TI 2013 to delete the old backup or just overwrite the old backup ? It seems a bit of a hassle to have to manually delete the old backup every day.

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It would seem you have 3 choices.
A. Keeep on deleting the files manually as current. Or,
B. Write a batch file to do the deletion automatically and add the deletion batch file to the current task Pre/Post Pre command option. Or,
C. Utilize the helper program Chain2Gen (C2G) to perform the deletion function each backup automatically.

If you are interested in option C, I can help you set that up but it would have to be later in the day.

Thanks very much GroverH. Looking at my options, I think I'll stick with the manual deletions or perhaps write the batch file.