TI 2014 - How To Backup Questions

Not sure I understand "any way I can get that to stick" comment. You may be mis-understanding how to initiate followup backups.

The backup task is created once with all the settings (scheduled or non-scheduled) you want and then saved under the "Backup later" option.
After that is completed, any and all future non-scheduled backups are initiated by opening the program and clicking the "Backup now" option so unless you use different backups to backup different data areas, there is not further need for additional backup task creation nor schedule changes.

As for using the same settings over, there is the save default settings option which will save a few settings but you can also use the "clone backup" option. This will place an additional task on your menu or main screen and then you can make changes to the name and settings before you run it for the first time so creating a duplicate of a backup task is pretty straightforward.

You don't mention the type Windows OS. If using XP, you may be ok in backing up only drive C--if you have only one partition.
If you have Windows 7, there is a good chance that your Windows Disk Management will show that you have multiple partitions and these should be included within your backup--if you intend to use the backup to create a replacement disk--should you have a disk failure. Do take the time to look at your disk via the Windows Disk Management graphical view and determine what and how many partitions you have.

Check out this posting which is similar in content to your questions.
especially post #3 on that link.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/48461

You are correct in over-riding the default folder name and path and default backup name. Review link #2 below. It will also help to clarify the process if you want to use "automatic cleanup" so manual deletion of backups is not necessary in the future.

The default schedule is weekly and it is necessary to over-ride that setting and change to "do not schedule" but that change is only needed with a new task is created--not every time you run a backup.

GroverH wrote:

The backup task is created once with all the settings (scheduled or non-scheduled) you want and then saved under the "Backup later" option.
After that is completed, any and all future non-scheduled backups are initiated by opening the program and clicking the "Backup now" option so unless you use different backups to backup different data areas, there is not further need for additional backup task creation nor schedule changes.

THIS text should be the first thing a new user should see after installing the product.
I work with computers a lot, don't consider myself an expert in back-ups though. And I didn't have a clue how these back-up tasks exactly worked. Searched the help file, which is definitely not written for the not-so-experienced user, so it didn't help me. Search on google, searched the forum. And nowhere I could really find a basic explanation about how True Image worked, a quick first time user explanation which involved the piece of text quoted.

Thanks.

And please Acronis, make this all a bit easier for everyone. The era when nerd computer knowledge was needed to be able to handle basic tasks is over. Backing up should be easy as 1,2,3.

GroverH,

Thanks for the detailed and very useful reply. I’m beginning to understand how this program thinks. It was not intuitive for me.

A follow-up question: I have now run a particular disk backup job four times. On the main TI screen that job is listed once and in the details it says “4 versions” and shows the date/time of the most recent one. Instead of grouping the four versions together is there any way to get TI to list each of the four jobs separately with their individual date/time on the main screen?

Part 2 of that question: If I want to delete just one of those four versions how do I do it?

Thanks!

Peter

Part 1: Having sepatate listings is usually only possible when different tasks are used to create each backup chain so I do not believe what you are asking is possible.

Perhaps if the task disk not exist, you might be able to add them manually to a list and each would have a list of its own but I am not sure.

Are you aware of the following. Perhaps this would suffice as all the details are available.

Inside the backup task, click the cogwheel (extrme right) which will open an options window.

Click the Recover option and the resulting window will display all kinds of information--just hover your mouse pointer over each file listed.

The left margin 2014 web help file list this info below about what you are seeing. This view is called the Acronis Backup Explorer View.

http://www.acronis.com/support/documentation/ATIH2014/index.html#7946.h…

This link opens into 3 parts. Be sure and review all 3
   Disk & Partitions Tab
   Files & Folders Tab
   Time Line
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Part 2. As your files are all full backups, you should be able to delete any you wish as each is a standalone backup with no dependencies.

Click this link below. Ths view is the same view as above except has some comments about the delete option.
Reveiw the contents
http://forum.acronis.com/system/files/delete-backup-file.jpg

As for your system, Inside the backup task, click the cogwheel (extrme right) which will open an options window.
Click the Recover option and the resulting window will display a listing of backup files created by this task.
This view is the Acronis Backup Explorer view with its many options.
Use your mouse pointer to review the info about each file listed along the bottom row.
Once you decide whiich file is to be deleted. RIGHT click on the file to be deleted, and choose the Delete option.

To avoid future manual deletes, you might also want to consider starting over with a new task and use the automatic cleanup feature so the deletiions would be automatic by the program.