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TI 2013 backup names

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I hate the way backups are named, forcing an illogical sort sequence in Windows Explorer unless I sort by date.

Surely "full", "inc" or "diff" should appear at the end of the name, not the beginning, so that files sort by backup/slice/volume?

Is there any way of forcing "full", "inc", "diff" to the end of the name?

This is as bad as the ridiculous default date format which should be yyyymmdd, not mmddyyyy or ddmmyyyy.

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Try using _@date@_ as part of your backup file name and the date will be yyyymmdd

Here is one example of how my storage folder looks with full and inc
My assigned name is the first half of the name until the "_full_b1" begins
http://forum.acronis.com/system/files/forum/2009/11/5940/example-folder…

User can control the first part of backup file name but the program controls all after the
_full_b1, etc
Do understand that any restore of incremental backup requires that all of the oldest prior inc backups (after the base full) be present and readable.

You might be interested in the link #2 below, illustration figure 8 where name possibilities are discussed.

Edit--addition:
As part of the file creation, the date is already a part of the file, therefore, my preference is not to use date as part of the file name--as it is redundant. However, I do like to have my backup files numbered so I add the _@exec@_ to the custom file name (not task name) as part of custom naming.

This enables me to sort my storage folder so the newest backup is always on the bottom.
NOte my attachment above on how the folder is sorted which is
Menu-View/Details and then either sorted on name or date.

Thanks for that. Very helpful. With earlier versions, at least 2010 and earlier, @date@ didn't give yyyymmdd. I complained about it over several versions! Good idea to use @exec@ before the system assigned name - that will yield a sensible sequence in Explorer (but I still feel it would be much more logical to put full/inc/diff at the end of the name).

When creating the backup file name, create the custom name for the backup file,
then complete the other opitons. Then, just prior to saving the new task,
change the name of the task to whatever name you wish.

This procedure will keep the your custom backup file name unchanged
plus give you the opportunity to finalize your custom task name, as the two names are two separate entities. The task name can be the same or can differ--user choice--just before hitting the save button to save the task.