Backing up Visa Files

[Guest]

Have an HP with Home Premium and using a 250GB Personal Media Drive
(essentially another hard drive) to store the backups. The problem is that
after 2 months or so the drive always gets full and stops backing up files.
I thought"

"Previously backed-up versions of files use only a bare minimum of disk
space. If only a small part of a file changes (such as one slide in a
presentation), only that portion gets tracked and saved.

Of course, backup is only as useful as the process you use to recover your
work, and Windows Vista makes this a cinch. A recovery wizard helps you
select the files or folders you want to restore and prompts you for the
backup storage medium you used. Then it restores your files."

This doesn't seem to be the case as each file is just about the size of the
others.

 

[John Hanley]

Have an HP with Home Premium and using a 250GB Personal Media Drive
(essentially another hard drive) to store the backups. The problem is
that
after 2 months or so the drive always gets full and stops backing up
files.
I thought"

"Previously backed-up versions of files use only a bare minimum of disk
space. If only a small part of a file changes (such as one slide in a
presentation), only that portion gets tracked and saved.

Of course, backup is only as useful as the process you use to recover your
work, and Windows Vista makes this a cinch. A recovery wizard helps you
select the files or folders you want to restore and prompts you for the
backup storage medium you used. Then it restores your files."

This doesn't seem to be the case as each file is just about the size of
the
others.

As I understand it: Vista only backs up files that have been modifed;
however, most of your files actually do change between backups even though
you did not overtly change anything; things like your anti-virus program
marking the file as ok are enough to trigger the need to back it up again.
Therefore, ongoing backups are almost as large as full backups.

I also have an external USB drive for backup. The backed up files & folders
are in (for me) K:\ComputerName\Backup Set date\Backup Files date\Bakckup
files No.\etc. There will be a series of these folders. Periodically
(once a month or so) I go in and manually delete the oldest Backup Set(s) to
maintain ample freeboard on the drive. It has not been a problem.

 

[Guest]

I've also been going in and deleting the older files but it makes a little
more of a pain. Thank you for the post!