Automatic Backup - filled my D: drive and now wont backup anymore

[Brian P]

I have a Dell notebook with Vista Home Premium. The Hard drive came
partitioned into the C: drive and D: drive (a 10GB recovery partition). I
set Automatic Backup to create backup files on the D: drive, and it worked
fine. However, the backups filled the D: drive within a few months and now
when backup runs I get a message saying that the backup failed because there
isn't enough space on the D: drive. How do I remedy this? Is there a way to
make the backup utility overwrite the oldest backup files?

 

[Earle Horton]

That is not a good place to put backup files, because you may need to
recover the system using the files that are legitimately on the recovery
partition. The recovery partition is not a good size for making backups
either, as you have noticed. Go to the nearest Office Depot or equivalent
and purchase a USB hard drive. They are big and cheap. I got a 150 GB
model for around a hundred dollars.

Earle

 

[Brian P]

I take it, then, that there is no way to make automatic backup overwrite its
oldest backup image? Pretty silly. Thanks for the advice.