Norton 360

[Bradmak]

Can 360 v6 be set to automatically delete / overwrite a previous back up??? In regards to a particular backup set, I am only interested in the latest data.

[dickevans Super RootKit Eradicator]

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Bradmak wrote:

Can 360 v6 be set to automatically delete / overwrite a previous back up??? In regards to a particular backup set, I am only interested in the latest data.

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Welcome,

Yes, 360 backup can be configured to retain only a single backup. This would be a disk backup and it will make the second one before it deletes the first one.

Hope this helps

[redstick]

This may be the problem I am having. I am running Norton 360 Ver. 6.2.0.9 on XP Pro. I am backing up to an external HD. The first back-up seems to work fine. When I run an update a week or so later, it seems to want to run a second back-up. This obviously creates a HD space issue, as well as it takes a long time. It seems that with the previous version, it only added files that were changed. What are the settings that I need to change to make the backup more efficient? On-line backup is not an option, as there is no high speed internet service available in our area.

[dickevans Super RootKit Eradicator]

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redstick wrote:
This may be the problem I am having. I am running Norton 360 Ver. 6.2.0.9 on XP Pro. I am backing up to an external HD. The first back-up seems to work fine. When I run an update a week or so later, it seems to want to run a second back-up. This obviously creates a HD space issue, as well as it takes a long time. It seems that with the previous version, it only added files that were changed. What are the settings that I need to change to make the backup more efficient? On-line backup is not an option, as there is no high speed internet service available in our area.

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Hi,

360 backup will work two ways. The first way is for it to make a full disk backup and then do updates to that full backup at the interval specified by you until it is time to do another full backup, that interval is also specified by you. The other way is to set the interval to the minimum and not allow incremental backups. This will cause 360 to do a full backup each time. The numbeer of backups saved is set by you. If you elect to save only one then 360 will delete the old backup after then new backup has been stored and verified. This means that your backup destination needs to have room enough for two full backups without being over about 80% full.

Hope this helps

[redstick]

Is this all done in the "Manage Backup Sets"? The only options are Automatic, Weekly, Monthly, Manual. There is nothing about intervals or incremental backups.

[Bradmak]

Thanks for the reply however "Yes, 360 backup can be configured to retain only a single backup" - can you provided step by step for said congiguration???

[redstick]

Anyone know how to get the backup settings set?

[bkout]

I hope there will be a more detailed answer for this but here's something in the meantime. Go to Backup>Manage Backup Sets>What>Preview and note the total size your backed up files will be -- for me it says 21.9GB. Then using Explorer highlight the C drive and check the size of  the N360_BACKUP file on the right. Mine is 22.2GB "on the disk." I deleted this file yesterday to get rid of multiple backups then I ran a new backup. Today when I ran the backup again it was faster. Between that and the two numbers being close it seems that today's backup automatically did the "incremental" option as opposed to a whole new backup. So maybe make sure you have the latest version, delete the old backup file, run a fresh backup and then monitor the size once in a while. Anyway that's my plan for now till I hear something better     

[bkout]

According to a couple "Solved" posts the backups seem to only have the incremental option

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-360/Does-Norton-360-s-backup-keep-multiple-file-versions/m-p/7...

[redstick]

That post refers to On-Line back-up, which is not only a non-preferred method by me, but is unavailable. There is no high speed service available in my area. Do to the lack of comments from any support techs, I am guessing that Norton has put the off-line back-up on the back burner, and is trying to have people use the on-line version. Not a very smart move in my opinion.