Backup drive to another same size drive: automatically delete backup

Hi,
First of all, my apologies if this has already been discussed, haven't found any solution yet on the forums.
I'd like to backup a drive to another same size drive, which means I need a way to automatically delete the previous backup before creating a new one.
I suppose I have to fiddle with pre/post commands to achieve this.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks


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Hello again,
Thank you for your quick answer.
I have 400GB of data on the 500GB SSD, the other 500GB SSD is empty.
I've read about the difference between backup and cloning, and I'm going with the backup solution (faster and schedulable)
I just need a way to tell Acronis True Image to automatically delete the previous backup when doing a new one.
I know the risks of doing so and I'm fine with not having a backup for a few minutes until the new one is complete as this backup itself will be copied on another external drive once in a while.
Thanks
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Vincent, the safest recommendation would be to invest in a larger backup drive to store your backup image files on, but if you are not in a position to do so, then there are ways to do what you ask by using a Pre-Command for your backup task.
Note: with ATI 2018 if you have Acronis Active Protection turned on, this will prevent any attempt to delete any existing files on your backup drive, so AAP would need to be turned off before attempting to delete an existing .tib file.
Note 2: you will get a pop-up error message every time you run this backup task after deleting the previous backup file for which you will need to take the Ignore option.
The Pre-Command batch file should contain the following lines:
Example: Stop_AAP_Delete_Tibs.BAT
@echo off sc stop "AcronisActiveProtectionService" > NUL 2>&1 del L:\Test\Downloads*.tib > NUL 2>&1 sc start "AcronisActiveProtectionService" > NUL 2>&1
This will turn off the AAP Service to allow the .tib files to be deleted.
You will need to change the 'del ...' line to reflect the path and file names used for your task from the example shown above (L:\Test\Downloads*.tib)
The last line restarts the AAP Service to resume protection.
The batch file Stop_AAP_Delete_Tibs.BAT should then be selected in Pre Command entry box in the Advanced Options for your task.
Click on the Test command button to ensure this runs correctly / successfully.
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I would also suggest you consider getting a larger external drive. The suggestion made by Steve is the second best solution.
Ian
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