Monte-Cristo Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Hi, I'm writing for the first time on this forum. I have a Maxtor One Touch external hard drive. I've programmed it to do a total bacup of my C: hard drive every saturday. It worked perfectly for about two months. Yesterday, it failed. I can't understand why. In the Help, it says when the hard drive is full, it deletes the oldest backup, to make place for the most recent one. I use Retrospect Express 6.0. Any idea anyone ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte-Cristo Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Hi, I guess I should add more details. When it failed, it gave me an error message. It was about 15 lines long, and I couldn't understand a word. I closed it. This afternoon, I tried doing a manual backup. It failed because the Maxtor is full. Should I format the Maxtor and start from the beginning ? My OS is Windows XP Pro. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeek Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I am guessing that you have Snapshots turned on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Hi Express 6.0 does not delete old backups. That feature is limited to Retrospect Express HD or Retrospect 7.0. You need to run a "recycle" backup to clear out all of your old backup data and start from scratch. To do this, run a backup from the "backup" menu and select "recycle backup" in the backup options. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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