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Grooming Windows Vista backups



 
 
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Old December 20th 08, 10:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Marc Hoffman
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

Hi all...

I'm having problems with a client running Windows Vista backup. Their
external backup drive to which Vista is backing up data is filling up. Is
there any way to tell Vista to "groom" the data, removing older data to keep
the drive afloat? Or, is there way to have Vista completely reset the entire
backup set on a regular schedule?

Thank you!

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Old January 16th 09, 05:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
HansOlo
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

I am having the same problem.

I have 2 external drives, 500 GB each. Each week I am backing up drive 1 (
usage aprox. 200 GB ) to drive 2. Now drive 2 filled up. This is because I
suspect Vista backs up more than 2 versions of each file which is not needed
for me, I just want 1 version of each file backed up. How do I limmit this?

"Marc Hoffman" wrote:

Hi all...

I'm having problems with a client running Windows Vista backup. Their
external backup drive to which Vista is backing up data is filling up. Is
there any way to tell Vista to "groom" the data, removing older data to keep
the drive afloat? Or, is there way to have Vista completely reset the entire
backup set on a regular schedule?

Thank you!


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Old January 16th 09, 06:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Rob Talley[_2_]
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:03:02 -0800, HansOlo
wrote:

I am having the same problem.

I have 2 external drives, 500 GB each. Each week I am backing up drive 1 (
usage aprox. 200 GB ) to drive 2. Now drive 2 filled up. This is because I
suspect Vista backs up more than 2 versions of each file which is not needed
for me, I just want 1 version of each file backed up. How do I limmit this?


By using a third-party backup utility like Acronis True Image.

It's not free.



"Marc Hoffman" wrote:

Hi all...

I'm having problems with a client running Windows Vista backup. Their
external backup drive to which Vista is backing up data is filling up. Is
there any way to tell Vista to "groom" the data, removing older data to keep
the drive afloat? Or, is there way to have Vista completely reset the entire
backup set on a regular schedule?

Thank you!


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Old January 17th 09, 12:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
HansOlo
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

Hmm. of course I could use third party software, but this would Render
Vista Backup completely useless and I don't just bite that. There must be a
way to customize this, or else Microsoft shouldn't have ever ever bothered to
construct such a backup utility with functions OS wide to rollback to older
files. Besides I want to limmit the 3th party software running in the
background due to performance on my old P4

"Rob Talley" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:03:02 -0800, HansOlo
wrote:

I am having the same problem.

I have 2 external drives, 500 GB each. Each week I am backing up drive 1 (
usage aprox. 200 GB ) to drive 2. Now drive 2 filled up. This is because I
suspect Vista backs up more than 2 versions of each file which is not needed
for me, I just want 1 version of each file backed up. How do I limmit this?


By using a third-party backup utility like Acronis True Image.

It's not free.



"Marc Hoffman" wrote:

Hi all...

I'm having problems with a client running Windows Vista backup. Their
external backup drive to which Vista is backing up data is filling up. Is
there any way to tell Vista to "groom" the data, removing older data to keep
the drive afloat? Or, is there way to have Vista completely reset the entire
backup set on a regular schedule?

Thank you!



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Old January 17th 09, 01:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Rob Talley[_2_]
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:29:01 -0800, HansOlo
wrote:

Hmm. of course I could use third party software, but this would Render
Vista Backup completely useless and I don't just bite that. There must be a
way to customize this, or else Microsoft shouldn't have ever ever bothered to
construct such a backup utility with functions OS wide to rollback to older
files. Besides I want to limmit the 3th party software running in the
background due to performance on my old P4


Third party backup utilities don't run in the background any more than
Word does.

You're not going to find a way to customize MS's rudimentary backup.


"Rob Talley" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:03:02 -0800, HansOlo
wrote:

I am having the same problem.

I have 2 external drives, 500 GB each. Each week I am backing up drive 1 (
usage aprox. 200 GB ) to drive 2. Now drive 2 filled up. This is because I
suspect Vista backs up more than 2 versions of each file which is not needed
for me, I just want 1 version of each file backed up. How do I limmit this?


By using a third-party backup utility like Acronis True Image.

It's not free.



"Marc Hoffman" wrote:

Hi all...

I'm having problems with a client running Windows Vista backup. Their
external backup drive to which Vista is backing up data is filling up. Is
there any way to tell Vista to "groom" the data, removing older data to keep
the drive afloat? Or, is there way to have Vista completely reset the entire
backup set on a regular schedule?

Thank you!



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Old January 17th 09, 12:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Gordon[_5_]
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups

"HansOlo" wrote in message
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Hmm. of course I could use third party software, but this would Render
Vista Backup completely useless and I don't just bite that. There must be
a
way to customize this, or else Microsoft shouldn't have ever ever bothered
to
construct such a backup utility with functions OS wide to rollback to
older
files.


AFAIR the MS-supplied backup utility has NEVER been any good.

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Old January 18th 09, 11:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
CGA
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Default Grooming Windows Vista backups


There is a way to automatically clean out old files with forfiles.exe
although it includes some batch file creating and setting a scheduled
task. Take a look at 'this '
(http://ask.metafilter.com/35075/Auto...-under-XP)link
and search for the post from hincandenza. Once you get the hang of it
it's very useful.


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