Managing Back Up Files in Vista

Hi John,
Thank you for the feedback but had a question on restoring.

When I was an XP user I used Ghost by Symantec and then I'd do the FIFO
method to manage disk space. Last time I checked Norton didn't have an
upgrade to Vista.

Now under Vista I assumed there was a basline backup and all subsequent
backup were recording only the things that changed since the last update.
Now if I start to delete subsequent back up files in a FIFO method won't I
lose the ability to recover data saved during a specific time?

Again, thank you for your support and direction on this.
Juan Diego


"John Hanley" wrote:

> Periodically (once a month or so) I go in and manually delete the oldest
> Backup
> Set(s) to maintain ample freeboard on my external drive. It has not been a
> problem.
>
> "Juan Diego" <JuanDiego@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39741A5C-D6E5-4CE4-B789-451FF957957F@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,
> > I have Vista Home Premium and use 'automatic file backup' to an 250 GB
> > external drive. Over the last 30 days a full backup was completed plus
> > 10-12
> > routine backups. The recent back up failed to complete due to a space
> > problem. The external drive has a folder with a lot of files presumably
> > backup files but I'm confused on which files I should erase, if any, and
> > won't deleting files screw up my ability to restore my system?
> > Good luck with everything and please let me know to help clarify my
> > situation.
> > Juan Diego
> > jtk@cnc-usa.com

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