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1361269	2013-12-01 01:07:00	I was running out of disk space and ran WizTree. I found that DiskImage is using 597GB or 91.2% of C: I am backing up to an external HDD but obviously I have cocked something up. I really just want to have an Image then Incremental backups. It appears that it is not deleting the Incremental backups. It may be better if I started from scratch. This old brain could do with some help.	Pato (2463)
1361270	2013-12-01 01:49:00	Unless you have been putting your backup on C:/ it should not be filling that drive at all. It should all end up on your external drive. Personally I make a complete active@ image each week or before making a major change and delete old images on a semi regular basis. It rather looks like your incremental stuff is ending up on C:/ not the external drive.	CliveM (6007)
1361271	2013-12-01 02:15:00	DiskImage is using 597GB or 91.2% of C: I am backing up to an external HDD but obviously I have cocked something up. .\ Seems a rather large image. However I wouldn't keep the original only on an external, you should have 2 copies of everything. Drives die, including external ones, then what would you do?	pctek (84)
1361272	2013-12-01 02:27:00	Unless you have been putting your backup on C:/ it should not be filling that drive at all. It should all end up on your external drive. Personally I make a complete active@ image each week or before making a major change and delete old images on a semi regular basis. It rather looks like your incremental stuff is ending up on C:/ not the external drive.That is what I thought and thanks for confirming it. No wonder I have been low on disk space. Your idea may be best for me also.	Pato (2463)
1361273	2013-12-01 02:29:00	\ Seems a rather large image. However I wouldn't keep the original only on an external, you should have 2 copies of everything. Drives die, including external ones, then what would you do?That is a good point. I have other spare external HDDs so I could utilize two drives.	Pato (2463)
1361274	2013-12-01 05:51:00	I actually don't bother with incremental any more I just make a fresh new image each month and once checked to make sure it works I archive the old image for a couple of months and once sure I don't need it I delete the old one. So at anyone time I have 3-4 full images stored. One copy of each on my home server and copies on an external that I keep at work, only bringing it home to update when needed	gary67 (56)
1361275	2013-12-01 06:18:00	That is a good idea gary, and I am going to do the same. How my backups got onto the C drive I don't know so I will put it down to another senior moment. I have been having a few of those lately.	Pato (2463)
1361276	2013-12-01 17:56:00	I actually don't bother with incremental any more I just make a fresh new image each month and once checked to make sure it works I archive the old image for a couple of months and once sure I don't need it I delete the old one. The only issue with that is you are then imaging all the pollution and bloat as well. One reason (not the only one) to make an image is to have a fresh clean install ready to restore. Not a messy, bloated, slow windows one.	pctek (84)
1361277	2013-12-01 20:47:00	The only issue with that is you are then imaging all the pollution and bloat as well. One reason (not the only one) to make an image is to have a fresh clean install ready to restore. Not a messy, bloated, slow windows one.I am going to start again with my backup system. I will forget about automatic backups and do them manually using Active@DiskImage. What method would you suggest I use please?.	Pato (2463)
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