First post!
To be brief I have backup storage issues.
I have a 120Gb system SSD.
A 3TB (WD) data drive,
and a 3TB (SG) backup drive.
SSD is 95% full
data drive is 63% full
backup drive is 100% full
I'm using Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
I'm using the Windows Backup tool. It's complaining it's out of space.
Is this because Windows BU is trying to store more than 1 system image? There should be room on a 2.7TB drive for 1.7TB of data and 110GB of system files.
I need to either A) Get a larger backup drive and/or B) use different backup software
Ideally I'd like a system image made from my SSD only, once a month and keep about 3 months worth at any given time (that would total only 350GB) , while SEPARATELY keeping a single backup copy of my data drive updated once a week. (which currently has 1.7TB on it, plus the 350Gb system images and the total is still only 2TB on a 3TB backup drive)
I don't want 3 system image files that include identical copies of my huge data drive. That would require close to 6TB of room and be unnecessary.
Is there any way to do this?
I'm starting to wonder if I just need to build a NAS. That way this computer can access the data on the data drive without it being incorporated into the system image back ups. And then I could get the NAS to create a single backup of the data once a week.
Any programs that would help with this? Or do I just need to get an external shell for this data drive so I can plug it in when I need it, and unplug it when the system is making a backup? And then manually make a copy of the drive every now and then.
To be brief I have backup storage issues.
I have a 120Gb system SSD.
A 3TB (WD) data drive,
and a 3TB (SG) backup drive.
SSD is 95% full
data drive is 63% full
backup drive is 100% full
I'm using Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
I'm using the Windows Backup tool. It's complaining it's out of space.
Is this because Windows BU is trying to store more than 1 system image? There should be room on a 2.7TB drive for 1.7TB of data and 110GB of system files.
I need to either A) Get a larger backup drive and/or B) use different backup software
Ideally I'd like a system image made from my SSD only, once a month and keep about 3 months worth at any given time (that would total only 350GB) , while SEPARATELY keeping a single backup copy of my data drive updated once a week. (which currently has 1.7TB on it, plus the 350Gb system images and the total is still only 2TB on a 3TB backup drive)
I don't want 3 system image files that include identical copies of my huge data drive. That would require close to 6TB of room and be unnecessary.
Is there any way to do this?
I'm starting to wonder if I just need to build a NAS. That way this computer can access the data on the data drive without it being incorporated into the system image back ups. And then I could get the NAS to create a single backup of the data once a week.
Any programs that would help with this? Or do I just need to get an external shell for this data drive so I can plug it in when I need it, and unplug it when the system is making a backup? And then manually make a copy of the drive every now and then.