Do I need to reformat backup Drive to create/update survival kit? Would old original backup still work
I am new to Acronis and am trying to determine if it is actually suitable to my needs. I've already purchased it, so hopefully I can get things working as they should. I have a Windows 10 Pro system I7. I have been hearing horror stories about people dutifully backing up their computers only to find their external Hard drives don't boot up correctly if at all.
I have read through the messages in the forum and still have a few questions. When I purchased Acronis 2020 I created a survival disk on a 8tb WD drive. Everything seemed to be ok. However, I decided to start a new backup scheme and delete all the backups on the Acronis designated drive except for the original full backup. Is that original full backup tied to the 2tb partition on the Acronis drive? I deleted all the backup schemes I created and tried to start a new one, picked the drives to be backed up, and the destination. But when I select the destination, which is the original Acronis drive, there is no option to create a "Survival Disk". The option does appear if I choose a disk that never had any backups on it.
Essentially I just want to have a backup drive I can rely on. BTW, do I need to create a new backup drive once the current one is full? Creating a separate Survival Drive etc?
Here are a couple of pics showing how the destination drive doesn't list the option "Create Survival Disk" and a copy of the partition layout of the Acronis Drive.
Thank you in advance for any help. I am at a loss right now.


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