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True Image 2013 looking for deleted file(s) before backing up

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On a recent backup attempt, Acronis True Image 2013 warned me that I was low on disk space on my backup hard drive. My parameters are set to create 1 full back up, and then 21 incremental backups, before creating a new full backup. It is also set to save 2 full backup sets.

Yesterday, I deleted “set 1”:
My partitions_full_b1_s1_v1-2.tib through My partitions_inc_b1_s21_v1-2.tib.

I no longer have these files.

Now, every time Acronis attempts to run, a box pops up with the following message:

“Failed to open backup: B:\My backups\My partitions\My partitions_inc_b1_s21_v1.tib. Make sure the backup location is accessible and contain all versions of the backup. This backup may also be corrupted.”

Why is Acronis even looking for this old file from "backup set 1"? It's already creating increments for "set 3". Why does it need to see the last file from set 1? I’m backing up, not restoring. How do I resolve this problem?

Thank you,
rockcat

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Did you use the program files delete procedure to remove the deleted files?

how to delete backup files using Acronis Backup 'Explorer'

One way would be to simulate doing a restore by clicking the restore button inside the backup task. This should prompt with a few errors and keep clicking ignore or retry, etc until you finish all the errors. Then cancel the process before really starting any restore.

Another option would be to do a manual validation and work your way through all the error messages.

My recommended solution would to stop using the existing task by changing the task to "do not schedule" and no further backups will be made.
How to change a scheduled backup task to "Do Not Schedule".

Start a new task using different option so the program would do its own deletion of old files. Here is an example. Adjust the "store X number" of chains to fit your needs but use the same options as shown in this example.

Custom Incremental Backup Scheme. 6 Inc, Keep 4 chains.