Is it safe to completly delete all contents in C:\RRBackups\

[triDave79]

Hi,

I wonder if it's safe to delete all contents in C:\RRBackups\?
I have all backups on an external USB-harddrive, which RR supports. Today I have 25GB in the rrbackup folder on my z60t, which only have a 60gb harddrive, you may understand why I would like to delete all files in it.

BR David

[arni]

When you copy all your R&R backups to an external drive like you did, you can choose to let R&R delete all local backups.

But i would recomend you to do it inside R&R and not trying to fiddle around with explorer.

[Ken Fox]

Hi,

I wonder if it's safe to delete all contents in C:\RRBackups\?
I have all backups on an external USB-harddrive, which RR supports. Today I have 25GB in the rrbackup folder on my z60t, which only have a 60gb harddrive, you may understand why I would like to delete all files in it.

BR David

My advice would be to uninstall the Rescue and Recovery program you are using (or is it even the older version, Rapid Restore Ultra?). In any event, I'd uninstall the program and have it remove all backups if you have to confirm that this is what you want. Then, I would reboot, then download and install the current version, #4, of Rescue and Recovery. Use this to make ONE complete backup; the only really good reason to use this program is if you travel with your computer and want to be able to restore the system on the road if it is infected by a virus or other software (not hardware, e.g. hard disk) problem.

Otherwise, there are far better ways to backup your hard disk; two that immediately spring to mind are Norton Ghost 2003 and Acronis True Image. There may be other imaging programs that are free that might be worth seeking out although I have no experience on them and can't comment. If you are going to image the hard drive with one of these imaging programs periodically, it would be a good idea to first remove any R&R backups you have, to conserve disk space. You can have R&R make another backup copy after you have imaged the drive.

If you don't travel away from home or work with this laptop, or at least not long enough to worry about having a backup copy on the hard disk itself, then toss Rescue and Recovery altogether and you will have lost nothing as long as you have images of your hard drive you can fall back on, should a reinstall be needed.