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Joe said:
I have an IBM laptop. I used to do regular backups on my
computer but three months ago it suddenly gave me a
message that there was no more room. I have two very old
backups on the tree but no way to remove them. What am I
doing wrong?
Are you backing up to someplace on your hard drive? I don't
recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive because it
leaves you susceptible to simultaneous
loss of the original and backup to many of the most common
dangers: severe power glitches, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.
In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not
kept in the computer. For *really* secure backup (needed, for
example, if the life of your business depends on your data) you
should have multiple generations of backup, and at least one of
those generations should be stored off-site.
My computer isn't used for business, but my personal backup
scheme uses two identical removable hard drives, which fit into a
sleeve installed in the computer. I alternate between the two,
and use Drive Image to make a complete copy of the primary drive.
