FILES WITH "~" ASSOCIATION?

[Guest]

I'm sure hoping someone can help me out with this. I recently restored a
backup archive (through Acronis True Image) and now every single one of the
files in all of my folders has an identical "ghost" file with a "~"
association / extension. For example, a functional file such as
'hth263amrd.dll' has a twin "ghost" file labeled 'hth263amrd.dll~N7F480FB'
and if I try to access it I get a pop-up window explaining "Windows cannot
open this file: File: hth263amrd.dll~N7F480FB......To open this
file,......." These "~" files are listed as being the same size as the
functional file, so, basically, I'm losing valuable H.D. space by having
these 'duplicate' files on my system. What are they and how do I get rid of
them?!? I'm getting ready to install 2 new 320GB SATA II drives in my system
and would like to clone my old drives / partitions to the new drives, but
definitely don't want these files taking up valuable real estate on my new
drives. Somebody---anybody---please help me! Thanks in advance for any
assistance.

 

[DL]

Perhaps contact Acronis support

 

[Rock]

"BANSHEE"wrote

I'm sure hoping someone can help me out with this. I recently restored a
backup archive (through Acronis True Image) and now every single one of
the
files in all of my folders has an identical "ghost" file with a "~"
association / extension. For example, a functional file such as
'hth263amrd.dll' has a twin "ghost" file labeled 'hth263amrd.dll~N7F480FB'
and if I try to access it I get a pop-up window explaining "Windows cannot
open this file: File: hth263amrd.dll~N7F480FB......To open this
file,......." These "~" files are listed as being the same size as the
functional file, so, basically, I'm losing valuable H.D. space by having
these 'duplicate' files on my system. What are they and how do I get rid
of
them?!? I'm getting ready to install 2 new 320GB SATA II drives in my
system
and would like to clone my old drives / partitions to the new drives, but
definitely don't want these files taking up valuable real estate on my new
drives. Somebody---anybody---please help me! Thanks in advance for any
assistance.

Have you also checked with Acronis Tech Support and their support forums?

 

[Guest]

No, I haven't contacted Acronis yet. I've used this software (with continual
updates) for quite a while and have done numerous backups ((both Full and
Incremental) on all of my systems (3 desktops and a laptop) and have never
had any issue with True Image. I guess it would be a good idea to check
their knowledge base / support forum just the same. However, I would STILL
like to know what " ~ " denotes in file association and would appreciate any
further help anyone can provide me. Thanks