Insufficient Back-up Disk Space

glaustin · 17 Mar 2013

Hi Guys
I save my backup every week to a dedicated 1tb internal back-up disc (one of four HDDs). All of a sudden my weekly back-ups are not completing because of insufficient disc space (179gb available from 931GB). When I go into manage space to clear backups I have only 2 backups to chose from; both around 170gb.

I looked at the HDD and I cannot work out why so much space has been accounted for. I can see three normal folders; "Logs" (196KB), "Temporary Adobe" (8.9GB) and "WindowsImageBackup" (365GB) and a fourth named after the PC (which indicates a "0" file size). In the WidowsImageBackup I can see only one file that accounts for 99% of the folder size.

Can anyone tell me please how to proceed and free up space and why only half of the allocated space seems to be showing?

Regards,
Graham

kado897 · 17 Mar 2013

It would be helpful if you could post a screenshot of the error message.

Sometimes the problem is not in the destination disk but in one of the source disks not having enough room to create a shadow copy. Can you also post a screen shot of your disk management screen maximized.

glaustin · 17 Mar 2013

Hi
Many thanks. Do these help?

kado897 · 17 Mar 2013

Not really. I can't read any of them very well. This is how to take and upload a screenshot. [URL="https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html"]https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html[/URL

Also I need your maximized disk management like this.

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mjf · 17 Mar 2013

glaustin said:

and a fourth named after the PC (which indicates a "0" file size).

Go into the Backup & Restore screen with your backup HDD connected then select "Manage Space" and you will get a more realistic idea of what is being used. In particular have a look at the size of your file/folder backup sets. These live in the folder with the PC name (don't believe the "0" filesize).