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On 16 Aug, I purchased IFW 2.97d and have been doing backups of my computer using Simple Mode. The User Manual says IFW will delete old images as needed when the disk is full. HOWEVER, I have other software the automatically writes to the same backup drive and cannot allow IFW to use the entire drive. The only method I have found to delete the older images is to use the Settings screen to turn off Simple Mode, and then use the method described on page 34 of the User Manual. which requires me to delete each file one-at-a-time and answer a confirmation screen for each file. I then discovered this method will NOT let me delete the folder that contained the image files.

So here's the question: is it really necessary to go through that process or can the files and associated directories be deleted directly with Windows Explorer without messing up the software, e.g., is IFW maintaining some sort of index of all of the images that would then be out-of-sync?

--Ernie

you can delete in explorer or a batch file, just ensure you're deleing the
correct files/folders.


"StargateCOlorado" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

On 16 Aug, I purchased IFW 2.97d and have been doing backups of my computer
using Simple Mode. The User Manual says IFW will delete old images as
needed when the disk is full. HOWEVER, I have other software the
automatically writes to the same backup drive and cannot allow IFW to use
the entire drive. The only method I have found to delete the older images
is to use the Settings screen to turn off Simple Mode, and then use the
method described on page 34 of the User Manual. which requires me to delete
each file one-at-a-time and answer a confirmation screen for each file. I
then discovered this method will NOT let me delete the folder that contained
the image files.

So here's the question: is it really necessary to go through that process or
can the files and associated directories be deleted directly with Windows
Explorer without messing up the software, e.g., is IFW maintaining some sort
of index of all of the images that would then be out-of-sync?

--Ernie