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I'm using Windows Vista.



I have been using the Backup utility to back up the seletced files to an

external Hard Drive.



I have plenty of space on the drive.



I just want to ask these questions before I have to clear out the drive.



1. Does the Backup completely backup every file eveytime it runs or does it

just back up the files that only changed?



2. Is there a way to set it up to do a complete backup everytime?



3. If it does the "incremental" backup (only the files that changed) how do

I go about deleting old backups when I may need them?



All the backup files seem to be a different size. The bery first one is huge

and all the ones after that are very much smaller and andom in size. That is

why I asked about the "incremental" backup.



Thanks



Bob


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"Davet102" <Davet102@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



Only the files that have changed (except for the first run)









Not on a scheduled basis, but you can "start a new full backup" manually at

any time which creates a new backup set. You'll see it's in a separate

folder if you browse to the backups drive and look in the folder with the

same name as your computer.









You can create a new backup set as suggested in 2, and then delete the other

folder manually from the backups folder (eg via explorer). [NB To fully

clear up you'd need to delete some 'ghost entries' in wbcat files, but that

takes up no space and isn't strictly required ]











Yep, sounds like you already understand the incremental process.



There's a pretty good Channel 9 video on it if you want to explore it in

more detail.





Windows Vista "Time Warp": Understanding Vista's Backup and Restore

Technologies

channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx >channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx





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Jon





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