Mark,
Thanks for your prompt reply and my apologies for taking so long to get back
to you.
I open "Backup Status and Configuration", select "Complete PC Backup",
select the external USB HDD as backup media, then the system says that a
previous backup exists and "only the differences will be saved".
The problem is that there is no previous backup (as the exernal USB HDD has
been reformatted). I want everything on the C: partition to be backed up not
just "the differences".
You say that "There are setting available during a backup that let you set
the interval between Complete backups", but I don't see any options. It
just launches straight into the backup and creates a backup directory of 26Gb
(clearly not a complete backup as 52Gb of space is used on the C: drive.
I need to make a genuine "complete" backup.
I'm using Vista Business.
Thanks again,
Tim
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
Quote:
> Not sure you are saying what you have done. You open "Backup Status and
> Configuration", highlight "Complete PC Backup" and it doesn't tell you the
> location of the last successful backup, and where it is?
> There are setting available during a backup that let you set the interval
> between "Complete" backups.
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> "Tim" <Tim@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2480A427-9071-4E2F-BF84-5E4994D2D958@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Does anyone know how to reset the Vista backup routine in order to force
> > it
> > to do a fresh complete backup? My problem is detailed below...
> >
> > I've used Complete PC Backup to backup / restore various new customer
> > installs. The way I understand it is that the first time it's run it
> > backs
> > up ALL the data on the selected partition(s) to the backup media, then
> > subsequent backups are incremental and smaller in size.
> >
> > I've just finished rebuilding a Vista machine and want to make a complete
> > (i.e. not incremental) backup of it. 52Gb of space has been used for data
> > on
> > the C: drive, but when I attempt to make a complete backup it says that
> > previous backups have been detected and it will only backup the
> > differences.
> > The backup file created is only 26Gb.
> >
> > There are no other backups on the system as the backup device (ext USB2
> > HDD)
> > has been reformatted. I'm guessing that if I attempted to restore, the
> > routine would try to find a previous complete backup that no longer exists
> > and fail. The only way I can test it would be to attempt a restore which
> > I
> > cannot risk.
> >
> > There must be a hidden file somewhere that records previous backups. If I
> > can reset this I could make a full 52Gb backup.
> >
> > Any advice would be greaty appreciated.
> >