How do I delete a backup that I created using the Back Up Files wizard?
If your backups are saved to CDs or DVDs, you can discard discs containing
earlier backups, but make sure that you keep the most recent backup of your
files. If your backups are saved to an internal or external hard disk, you
can delete a backup by following these steps:
Open the location where the backup is saved.
For example, if you backed up your files to an external hard disk labeled
"E," connect the external hard disk to your computer, and then open drive E.
Right-click the folder containing the backup you want to delete, and then
click Delete.
Notes
Backups are saved in this format: <backup location>\<computer name>\Backup
Set <year-month-day> <time>. For example, if your computer name is Computer,
your backup location is E, and you backed up on April 2, 2006 at 16:32:00,
that backup would be located in E:\Computer\Backup Set 2006-02-04 163200.
You would right-click the folder named Backup Set 2006-02-04 163200 to
delete that backup.
When you make a full backup, a backup folder is created and labeled with the
date for that day. As you add updates, that date stays the same, but your
backup is not out of date. The next time you make a full backup, a new
backup folder is created and labeled with the date for that day, and any
updates are then added to that new folder. You should not delete the current
backup folder.
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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Dell Boy" <Dell Boy@xxxxxxam> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine wants to delete some of his Windows Vista file backups
> because his external hard drive is now full. Best practice is to delete
> whole
> backup sets but he is having problems both with identifying a backup set
> and
> with Vista allowing him to do delete backup files so he has asked for my
> help.
>
> I'm going over to help him in a few days time but thought I had better
> take
> some advice before I do so. Has anyone ever identified and deleted Vista
> file
> backup sets and if so how?