Subject: Backup Drive shows as full, when it should not be.
I have PC with Windows Vista Home Basic. Hard drive (C Drive) shows total size to be 283 GB, with 128GB Used and 154GB Free.
I have a second hard drive (K Drive) with a total capacity of 76GB,of which 32GB are used, and 43GB are free.
For data backup, I have Maxtor OneTouch4 Mini, SN 2HASD1AN 250GB designated as F Drive.
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I have performed data backup, initiating it from Control Panel, on 4 occasions
When I go to Computer/F drive/ Open, it indicates the PC backup folder size to be 93GB. Adding up some additional data I have stored on that F drive, the total comes to about 125GB.
However, if I go to Computer, and let the cursor hover over the F Drive, it indicates 9GB Space Free, and 232GB Total Size. Likewise if I go to Computer/F drive/ Properties, the pie chart shows the same near-full F Drive (Used Space 223GB / Free Space 9GB.)
As I was doing the fourth backup, I received a message to the effect that the backup could not be completed, that the destination drive was full.
However, in going to the Restore function I was able to ascertain that some of my data which was created after the second backup, had been stored in the backup.
As I understand it, the second and third succeding backups would only add new data to the previous backups, not be cumulative. If this is so, why would my F drive become full?
One more fact: I go to Computer / One Touch 4(F) / Al’s PC/ and I see four folders named backup set, one for each of the backup dates. The third and fourth folders both indicate "folder is empty;" the first folder shows a size of 46GB ; the second shows 47GB.
At present I am unable to perform a current backup.
Can you explain?
BigAl199l
