Last Backup Failed but file seems to be on backup drive
I did not realize how it keeps adding backups, so after the 2nd full backup I got a larger backup drive. I noticed today, that for the last few backups its saying it failed. Although when I go to the drive it looks like they are there. I have b3_s1, 2,3 & 4 and todays, b4_s1. Both s1s are full, the others partial. The size of the files looks the same as the full/partial on my old drive.
Why am I getting this message? What do I need to do to fix this? Would there be a problem if I needed to restore files? Thank you
When you first created the backup task, you instructed TrueImage (TI) for it to use a specific disk for backup storage. As this is program track able information, if the disk is changed, you need to stop using the existing task and create a new task. If you do that, the program should begin to act normal again.
Use of the examples below to set up your new backup task except use your own number of chains, etc that you want to keep. My example is just an example--the numbers of backups can be changed. These example provide for automatic cleanup and once the program reaches the "store X' number of backup chains, the program will begin to auto delete the older chains while retaining the x number you instructed the program to keep.
When creating the new task, do put the new backups in a new folder so there is no mixing of files from different tasks. It is not a good idea to edit or make changes to an existing task as the results are usually not what is expected.
Custom Full Backup Scheme. Keep 4 versions (chains).
Custom Incremental Backup Scheme. 6 Inc, Keep 4 chains.
Custom Differential Backup Scheme. 2 Diff, Keep 2 chains.
But it was going to E: and it is still going to E:, just another physical piece of equiment. Destination is still E:\MyBackups\
Are the files that are now on the new drive good, should I need to retrieve files? They look the same size as the ones on the old drive.
Thank you.
Perhaps I understood wrong, but I interpreted you to say that you replaced the disk with a larger disk and the backups directed to the larger disk had issues. The drive letter and folder name may be the same but the DISK ID or format ID is not the same on the new disk so Acronis does not believe the new disk is the same target as existed when the task was first created.
Any tib files in question should be validatated either from within Windows or when booted to the TI Recoery CD. If they pass validation, there should be no normal restore issues when the backup is restored to the original disk.