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My Documents defaulting in new backups

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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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There is a file selection issue in the current build, when "my documents" is left checked. Other users solved that issue by not selecting the My Documents folder, but only the subfolders. see here:
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/25037

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?

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.

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.