Hi Sandi, I keep the old copy of the back-up. I always have a new copy and the last one saved. I do not replace the old one. I wait until the time to create an new backup and delete the second last one. For instance: I have 2 backups Feb created Feb 1 Jan created Jan 1 On March first I delete Jan and create a new one March created March 1 I do my backups manually and have not tried setting the auto backup features. IHTH Mike the mod ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 3/17/2007 at 4:01 PM Sandi Beach wrote: Mike, you say you do a full backup each time. Can you tell me if that replaces the one you did before? Or if Acronis allows you to configure it so it will do that. My backup will go directly to my Maxtor External HD each time I do it. I have registered on the Forum so hope to gather up a lot of user information from there. The first post I looked at was a complaint about having to manually delete previous backups and he is using vs. 10 so I am a= bit concerned that this won't be as convenient as I had hoped. Sandi -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/