How do I free up backup space on my hard drive?
January 29, 2012 by
Filed under backup hard drive
I have a Norton automatic backup utility which has completely filled up my hard drive with old backups. How do I delete the old backups without messing things up?
I have a Windows PC running on XP.
I’ve already done the Windows “free space” utility.
Norton is trying to sell me online backup space, which makes me skeptical of the whole deal.
Use TuneUp Utilities(trial/full) and go to “rescue center” and click “system recovery” and delete the old backups in less than a minute.
Delete system 32.
go to your symantec foldser and delete all but last norton backup file.
Do not delete system32
delet norton run ccleaner re install norton or use and run malwarebytes
not sure butif delet it it should dump all of it trash ccleaner well get temp files and cookies and clean reg malwarebytes well kill malware or virus if you have one bub101
First off, I suspect that if you go into the “options” section of the program, you will find something that will enable you to set either time and/or file size limits on your back-ups. Second, if you are intent on using this program, you quite possibly may be able to disable “system restore” (which is native to Windows XP)
thus freeing up a significant bit of hard drive space. Please be sure to consult Norton’s support guide to determine if this product offers the same type of comprehensive restoration functionality as system restore does before your turn it off. Now, onto my own back-up methods: Rather than utilizing this type of product, I usually just copy important files to recordable CDs and/or DVDs as well as to an external hard drive. Recordable CDs and DVDs are inexpensive so, creating subsequent copies is not particularly cost prohibitive. I would stay away from RW’s because they are typically NOT as stable as single write discs. The other thing I have done is to use Acronis true image to create an actual disc image on a separate hard drive, which I have sitting on a shelf. This way, If anything happens to my OS or my existing hard drive, I have an exact copy ready to go. Once again, hard drives are not particularly expensive these days and this will insure that your core data as well as programs, settings, Internet explorer faves, etc are fully and easily recoverable. FYI, the recommended practice is to store whatever back-up medium you choose in a safe place OUTSIDE your home. (Of course, to minimize losses, you will need to be vigilant about keeping a schedule for running whatever back-up method you choose)