How do you Delete a .tib Image Archive File?

Groan... I have spent the best part of an hour tryin to work out how one deletes a .tib imasge - created by the Backup Process 'Complete' backup of a partition.

So clever clogs - ow the ... do you delete a .tib

Big hug to thhe first correct answer....

 

You delete .tib files like you would any other file. Right-click and choose delete. However if you created your backup archive in a Secure Zone, the only way you can delete the file is by removing the SZ.

 

Please advise.. I have set up a Secure Zone and I have three 'total' copies of my C drive. However the first two tib files are now redundant and I would like to get rid of them. Is there any way I can copy from the SC to say an external HDD / Caddie?

 

No just continue adding new images to the secure zone till it is full up. Then your old images will be overwritten by the new ones. That is the way it is supposed to work. If you do not need so many images you could always reduce the space taken by the secure zone.
I always let the zone fill up because there is a small possibility I might want to go back several days with a restore.

Xpilot

 

You have come across the (dis)advantage of the Secure Zone. It provides automatic archive deletion when required but the archives are inaccessible by other means such as management by Windows Explorer.

I don't want auto-deletion and I want to manage my archives so I don't have a Secure Zone.

 

Hello markolarko,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

I am sorry for the delayed response.

As previous Forum members said you will not be able to manually delete/move/copy files from Acronis Secure Zone. Acronis True Image 9.0 Home uses automatic scheme to clean up Acronis Secure Zone. This scheme is described in Chapter 3.3 "Acronis Secure Zone" in the Acronis True Image 9.0 Home User's Guide.

Thank you.
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Aleksandr Isakov

 

Aleksandr Isakov - You clarified about deletion from the Secure Zone but as other posters suggested can Archives NOT in the Secure Zone correctly be removed by the usual highlighting and Delete (in Explorer or My Computer).

 

items not in the secure zone you can right click and delete

 

Hello Rick59,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please accept our apologies for the delay with the response.

Yes, these Acronis True Image image archives (*.tib file) are the regular files and it can be copy/deleted/move via Windows Explorer.

Thank you.
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Aleksandr Isakov

 

Upon deleting image files, one should be aware that the deletion of a full image also renders inoperative all the incremental or differential images created basing on that full image.

The deletion of an incremental image renders inoperative all subsequent incrementals of that set.

 

I don't use the secure zone, wanting to maintain full control of the files and ability to move them around
But shouldn't you be able to start a restore, and redirect it to another HD, in effect creating a copy that could then be manipulated? or even use the clone system?

 

Yes, in fact restoring the image to a spare disk is the often suggested method to obtain the final verification that the whole image/restore process works flawlessly on a particular setup. Many users perform that test with every new build they download.