Thank you, John, I appreciate your suggestions. I will also take a look at
the link to the logic diagram.
Thanks,
Richard
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"John Hanley" <jphanley@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ueiy3FHYIHA.3556@xxxxxx
Quote:
> To make a new backup set, I think you choose Backup Files from the Backup
> and Restore Window....every couple of months, I delete all my old backups
> and start over; mostly I just let the Automatic Backup do its thing once
> per week. I set that schedule in Backup and Restore. I do not believe
> Vista deletes old backups or old incremental backups; you have to do that
> yourself. I have a 160 GB external drive and it usually manages about
> two months before I have to delete old ones; my current backup set is
> dated December 6th last.
>
> I once found the flow chart for Vista's incremental vs full backup logic,
> and it can be seen at:
>
> http://cfsbloggers.members.winisp.ne...crementall.jpg
>
> Hope this will be helpful; cheers....
>
> "Blue Max" <mailrichard@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:90172A25-82C0-4F61-A64B-0D6370CDADC7@xxxxxx Quote:
>> How do we create a new backup set in Vista Backup versus continuing an
>> incremental backup?
>>
>> In our case, we backup to a removable hard drive. As such, we turn Vista
>> Backup OFF when the drive is not inserted and manually start a backup
>> when
>> the drive is inserted and we desire a backup. Unfortunately, we are
>> apparently lost on some important details and usually get unexpected
>> results, such as a new backup when we only wanted to append an
>> incremental
>> backup. This leads to a few quesitons:
>>
>> FIRST, what is the procdure for creating a new full backup set with a new
>> date for the same computer?
>>
>> SECOND, what is the procedure for simply continuing to append or update
>> an
>> existing backup? How do we change backup settings, but then continue to
>> append the same backup?
>>
>> THIRD, it appears that a new backup is first full and then incremental.
>> Does Vista Backup need to be turned on to catch and log modifications
>> while the media drive is removed or can we turn off the backup program
>> between backups in case we insert other non-backup media.
>>
>> FOURTH, doesn't an incremental backup just keep growing in size? Our
>> backup folder on the backup drive appears to be considerably larger than
>> the combined drives it is backing up. Or is Vista deleting the old files
>> from previous sessions once the new version of the modified files are
>> backed up?
>>
>> FIFTH, when the backup program is running, with backup media in the
>> drive,
>> does it backup on some kind of a schedule or continuously? Why don't we
>> have control over this except to turn Vista Backup OFF or ON?
>>
>> SIXTH, the backup program is forcing a backup of our system drive (Drive
>> C
. We cannot change this option, so what is it backing up on the
>> system
>> drive? Is a a partial or full backup of that drive?
>>
>> SEVENTH, what if we want to maintain an ongoing backup of a special drive
>> on the same computer? Do we have to change the settings back and forth
>> each time we back up different combinations of drives? What if we want
>> to
>> back up an individual folder versus the whole drive?
>>
>> Thank you for any help.
>> The Blue >