Backup help needed

[Kris1100]

Help!
I have created a backup schedule for my PC to back up the documents and
settings folder to a network drive. The problem is that each night it adds a
new folder to the ever increasing backup. Now, after a week, the backup when
opened has 6 copies of C\docs\data and its blown out to over 2 gb
I set it up using the wizard and append option and scheduled it to backup
each day.
Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Kris

 

[Big Al]

Help!
I have created a backup schedule for my PC to back up the documents and
settings folder to a network drive. The problem is that each night it adds a
new folder to the ever increasing backup. Now, after a week, the backup when
opened has 6 copies of C\docs\data and its blown out to over 2 gb
I set it up using the wizard and append option and scheduled it to backup
each day.
Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Kris

We might like to know what backup software you used.

 

[sgopus]

it sounds like you have it set to make a full backup of your data.
if you want to make an incremental backup, only the first one is a full
backup, the proceeding ones will be incremental, (only backing up files that
have been changed)
That should leave one folder full backup, and a 2nd one set as incremental
with overwrite existing files, rather than append.

I would suggest that you purchase software and hardware to allow you to make
a fully system image on an external drive periodically, and make incremental
backups to cd. recomendation is Acronis TI

 

[Kris1100]

Sorry Big Al. I am using Windows own backup software.

:
We might like to know what backup software you used.

 

[Kris1100]

Thanks for your help. Are these folders all meant to be under the one backup
file?
So how can I fix this? I only want the one file that adds any new data to it
- not creating more files. We don't have the space for multiple files.
And buying software is not an option either I'm afraid
Kris

 

[Richard in AZ]

That is not how backup software works. It always make a new copy so that it does not loose and of
the previous changes.
If you only want one folder, You would need to manually copy the files to the backup drive, with the
same file/folder name, and choose the overwrite option. A manual operations that will be
cumbersome and get you into trouble someday.

 

[Kris1100]

Thank you Richard. I will do as sgopus suggested and change it to an
incremental backup.

 

[PD43]

That is not how backup software works. It always make a new copy so that it does not loose and of
the previous changes.

If the word is "loose", when "loose" has happened, is something
"loost"?

 

[Richard in AZ]

If the word is "loose", when "loose" has happened, is something
"loost"?

Old men have tremors and that damn spell checker failed again <grin>