C_ and D_

[Salpal]

Since updating to the newest version, I re-did all of the scheduled backups just in case. I typically do a “Full backup, simple copy” and, if I am remembering correctly, Comodo used to just overwrite the last full backup I did and replace everything. Am I correct here?

Anyways, I ran the full backups on Saturday and they went through fine but I never thought to check my backup drive. Today, I notice that there is very little space left so I went searching. In my backup folder on this drive, I have “C_Full_Files” and “D_Full_Files”. These folders contain everything I backed up.

However, within each of these folders is another folder named “C_” and “D_”. Inside these are another full backup of each drive, effectively doubling the amount of space they take up. Is there an option I selected somewhere that is causing this? Im trying to find it but am coming up empty handed.

The only thing I am not sure of is if I used to pick “full backup” when running or if I typically went with “Incremental”. Would “full” cause something like this?

Thanks in advance.

[emanuels]

Hi

@Salpal post:1

if I am remembering correctly, Comodo used to just overwrite the last full backup I did and replace everything. Am I correct here?

Yes, if the selected backup type is full.

@Salpal post:1

[…] I have “C_Full_Files” and “D_Full_Files”. […]
The only thing I am not sure of is if I used to pick “full backup” when running or if I typically went with “Incremental”.

The naming suggests that you selected full backup when you created the schedule.

@Salpal post:1

Would “full” cause something like this?

Full backup causes the files to look like this “X:\C_Full_Files\C_” and “X:\D_Full_Files\D_” in 4.0 version.
The rest of the folders may be remaining from previous version of Comodo Backup.

Thanks

[Salpal]

Thats exactly it. I should have tried that first but jumped the gun a bit and posted here. I deleted the old backups and ran a new one overnight. Everything went perfectly. Thanks for your help.