My Documents defaulting in new backups
I didn't realise that My Documents is defaulted in new backups. I was curious about the large files sizes in five backups and after checking them I discovered this default. So My Documents had been backed up five times!
This default seems a bit presumptuous to me. I thought the idea was that the user chose what to back up, not Acronis.
Can this setting be altered?
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I removed the My Documents selection from four of the five backups, and the incremental backups were a small size.
Presumably, if I consolidate those backups, the resulting new base backup files will be small as well, i.e. minus the My Documents folders?
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I am not sure how consolidation works, but I doubt it is linked to the change of selection at the backup level. Therefore, I suspect you will not erase the "my documents" from the backup when you consolidate.
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I tried the consolidation approach.
The consolidation wizard wasn't useful, even after I read the Help screen. How consolidation works is a mystery, as it seems you can select some incremental backups and not others (why would that be?), nor is it clear whether the original archive should be selected or not.
I selected everything and let it run, but had to abandon it because it seemed like it would be running for hours.
Best to start over with the correct selection criteria.
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