Vista says it's time to run a full backup -- but doesn't tell me H

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I've been using File Backup daily for half a year on Vista 64-bit Ultimate.
The backup tool has been appending incrementals to the initial backup set
which was created half a year ago. Now (finally) Vista prompts me to do a new
full backup with this message in the system tray:

"It's time to run a full backup. Click to start a new full backup."

Now, when I click that message, it just opens the regular Backup
application... but there's no visible "Create new full backup now" option
anywhere?! So how on earth am I supposed to accomplish what Vista is
prompting me to do?
 
Did you install SP1? I got an "aborted" error and had to go into settings to
get a new full backup AFTER SP1. My old DVD was nowhere near full.
 
Click on "Change settings".
You will have the option to adjust your current backup settings or start a
new, full backup.
 
So far this is the only solution I've come across, i.e. you have to go
through the Change Settings wizard in order to make a new full backup. Not
very intuitive to the end user, really, but at least it works..

-mch42
 
I've been using File Backup daily for half a year on Vista 64-bit
[..] Now (finally) Vista prompts me to do a new
full backup with this message in the system tray:

"It's time to run a full backup. Click to start a new full backup."
Click to expand...

If there is no option there, then you can just create a Complete PC
Backup normally instead. This will show you how if needed.
Click to expand...

Nope, the Complete PC Backup is completely different from the File Backup,
so creating a new Complete PC Backup is *not* the same thing as doing a new
full File Backup, and it does *not* cause a new file set to be created on
your file backup storage.

Seems like the only way to get a new file set / full backup is do what Gary
Mount suggested above, i.e go to Change Settings, go through the file backup
wizard, and in the end check the "create full" checkbox..

-mch42
 
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