Vista File Backup - Help

[Bendort]

Hi,

I'm running Windows vista 64 bit and I have a 600Gb hard drive, I've also brought a 1tb external drive to use for backing up. However within a month Windows Vista has already filled my 1Tb external drive and has now stopped backing up my files (note: it's only file backup not full OS back up) - which is crazy - rather than delete some old backups and overwrite them with a new backup it feels it's more important to keep the old ones and refuse to make a new back up - Is this logical in any sense? It's told me to free some space but what backup files can I safely delete and how do I set windows to only keep a record of backups to a maximum of say 700Gb? The Backup utility has such a small amount of options it seems really terrible. If the answer is just that Vista's utility is crappy please can someone suggest something better. I use backup for emergencies, i.e. harddisk failure so do not need to have a backup for every day of my entire life, a week is fine, when will I ever think, "1st of August 2006 that seems a good day to restore to"? Never, the answer is never.

Cheers,
Ben

It depends what type of backup, incremental or full.
Personnally I use Acronis TI

"Bendort" <Bendort.40arg2@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Windows vista 64 bit and I have a 600Gb hard drive, I've
> also brought a 1tb external drive to use for backing up. However within
> a month Windows Vista has already filled my 1Tb external drive and has
> now stopped backing up my files (note: it's only file backup not full OS
> back up) - which is crazy - rather than delete some old backups and
> overwrite them with a new backup it feels it's more important to keep
> the old ones and refuse to make a new back up - Is this logical in any
> sense? It's told me to free some space but what backup files can I
> safely delete and how do I set windows to only keep a record of backups
> to a maximum of say 700Gb? The Backup utility has such a small amount of
> options it seems really terrible. If the answer is just that Vista's
> utility is crappy please can someone suggest something better. I use
> backup for emergencies, i.e. harddisk failure so do not need to have a
> backup for every day of my entire life, a week is fine, when will I ever
> think, "1st of August 2006 that seems a good day to restore to"? Never,
> the answer is never.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
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