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Erasing Backups and creating new one ?

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Is it a good idea to erase all backups (incremental) in order to create a brand new one ?

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Wayne,

Are you asking if deletion should be part of a task, or just deleting images at whim?

If you wish to delete incrementals (must be done from within True Image itself otherwise the database is out of date), you need to bear in mind that deleting an earlier incremental will make your later incrementals useless.

What you could do is to consolidate your incrementals, this would allow you to select which incrementals should be consolidated and ultimately give you more space on your drive. Be aware there, that you will need enough free space on your drive containing the archive that will cover the size of the files you are wanting to consolidate.

Hi Colin,
Thank you for answering.
I am a bit new at this (and french on top of that)... my backups are on a second HD (intern) and for space reason (It's using up, as far I see, 500Go/4000Gb), I'am wondering if I can erase all of them and start fresh ... ? As I take it from what you are saying I should do it using Acronis and not wipe them out straight from my HD ?
Is that correct ?
Thanks
Also what do you mean by "image at whim"

Bonjour wayne R,

Colin really means you have to use Acronis.
"image at whim" --> il veut dire choisir un fichier image au hasard.

Bonne journée.

Merci Baud,
Oui, je comprends que supprimer une des sauvegardes incrémentielles dans, par exemple, le milieu
de la chaîne détruirait ou rendrait la suite de la chaîne incorrecte...

Correct. Il vaut mieux effacer les backups en utilisant Acronis True IMage (ATI). Il est possible d'effacer certaines versions d'un backup, ou d'effacer le backup entierement (avec tous les fichiers TIB inclus)

I have erased my backups through Acronis as you people recommended. Apparently, out of all the backups, (I had, for some reason, 3 "full" backups) there is one "full" (as opposed to "inc.") that's not manageable and is signaled by Acronis as damaged (listed in Win browser). On the Acronis side, the status says "no backups found". Does it mean that I can erase this damaged backup through the Win. browser while risking to encounter conflict problems with new backups ?

Thank you for your help. Good day