Exclude Folder from Backup

[C and A Bredt]

I have a lot of photos (40Gig) and I'd like to put them on my computer, but
not have them included in my weekly backup. Is there a place that I can put
them that does not get backed up using the Vista Backup function?

I have them on DVDs and external hard drives.

Thanks, CB

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

When you go into the backup settings, there are checkboxes for types of
files to backup.

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[C and A Bredt]

I want to include the ,jpg files that are in my Username>Pictures folder. I
want to put these pictures in a folder that would not be included in the
backup. Possible to do??

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

The 'other' category is where you would have to chose those to be included
at all.

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[Mark L. Ferguson]

You might also exclude them by putting them in the %TEMP% folder, as long as
you don't run Disk Cleanup or schedule it to run.

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[Ken Triebold]

To my knowledge, there is not a good way to exempt certain folders or files
from the backup system that is in Vista. You can only exempt by filetype
which is done by selecting or un-selecting the types of files that are to be
backed up during the setup phase of the backup. I think that being able to
do what you want would definitely be an improvement to the Vista backup
system.