Well I have 30 GB left on my 160 GB external drive that I have been using
for backups. It was full, but I moved and deleted all folders not part of
the backup to get maximum space for my weekly incremental backup.
I have found SyncToy 2 from Microsoft to backup other folders that are
located on D: drive that is not part of my Vista backup locations. It also
backups .exe files for my downloaded utilities etc. that the vista backup
would not backup.
I do have a 1,000 GB external My Book, but it is full of recorded TV. I do
not bother to backup recorded TV.
"...winston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Are you using Vista SP1(if so were the Sp1 Help files installed- separate
> download)
>
> Entering Backup in the Vista Help and Support Center brings up 30 items..
> The second item is 'Backup and Restore: Frequently asked Questions'
>
> Are you using Windows built in backup Tool(Orb/Accessories/System
> Tools/Backup and Configuration)
> If so, accessing Backup and Configuration provides an option to
> determine/change the location of the backup.
> The backup can be viewed in Windows Explorer.
> Backups using this Tool are dated.
> To delete prior backup files to create additional space(Notes: see the
> last paragraph on what should not be deleted)
> <qp>
> 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 your backup is not out of date.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.
> <qp>
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> "Bender" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I am trying to figure out what to do when my backup location can no
>> longer accept new backups because it is full.
>> I tried to do a search but the "full" just brings up references to the
>> Full Backup you can do with Windows Vista Ultimate.
>> Any one know where I could find out best practices for doing backups.
>> For example, do I reformat the drive my backup is on so I can do another
>> backup? Or do I buy a bigger drive, and continue doing this as the months
>> go by? Do I swap for another drive to continue doing my backups, and just
>> keep buying more drives as they get filled? Do I hope that Moore's Law
>> also applies to hard drive storage?
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