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Cleaning up old recovery points, Deleting a recovery point set, Manage Backup Destination, Clean Up

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138 Managing backup destinations Managing recovery point storage Cleaning up old recovery points Over time, you might end up with recovery points that you no longer need. For example, you might have several recovery points created months ago that you no longer need because you have more current ones containing your latest work. See "Automating management of backup data" on page 156. The Clean Up feature deletes all but the most current recovery point set, to help make more space available on your hard disk. Note: After a recovery point is deleted, you no longer have access to the files or system recovery from that point in time. You should explore the contents of the recovery point before you delete it. See "Opening and restoring files within a recovery point" on page 131. See "About exploring recovery points" on page 129. To clean up old recovery points 1 On the Tools page, click Manage Backup Destination. 2 Click Clean Up. The recovery point sets that can be safely removed without eliminating your latest recovery point are selected automatically. You can select or deselect the recovery point sets to specify which ones to remove. 3 Click Delete. 4 Click Yes to confirm the deletion. 5 Click OK. Deleting a recovery point set If you know that you no longer want a particular recovery point set, you can delete it at any time. Note: After you delete a recovery point, you no longer have access to file or system recovery for that point in time. To delete a recovery point set 1 On the Tools page, click Manage Backup Destination. 2 Select the recovery point set that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

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Cleaning up old recovery points
Over time, you might end up with recovery points that you no longer need. For
example, you might have several recovery points created months ago that you no
longer need because you have more current ones containing your latest work.
See
“
Automating management of backup data
”
on page 156.
The Clean Up feature deletes all but the most current recovery point set, to help
make more space available on your hard disk.
Note:
After a recovery point is deleted, you no longer have access to the files or
system recovery from that point in time. You should explore the contents of the
recovery point before you delete it.
See
“
Opening and restoring files within a recovery point
”
on page 131.
See
“
About exploring recovery points
”
on page 129.
To clean up old recovery points
1
On the Tools page, click
Manage Backup Destination
.
2
Click
Clean Up
.
The recovery point sets that can be safely removed without eliminating your
latest recovery point are selected automatically. You can select or deselect
the recovery point sets to specify which ones to remove.
3
Click
Delete
.
4
Click
Yes
to confirm the deletion.
5
Click
OK
.
Deleting a recovery point set
If you know that you no longer want a particular recovery point set, you can delete
it at any time.
Note:
After you delete a recovery point, you no longer have access to file or system
recovery for that point in time.
To delete a recovery point set
1
On the Tools page, click
Manage Backup Destination
.
2
Select the recovery point set that you want to delete, and then click
Delete
.
Managing backup destinations
Managing recovery point storage
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