How to delete a backup image of the computer?

Last week I had to format my hard drive of the PC (I won't go into details, but a certain SQL Server 2008 SP1 was the culprit).

I reinstalled Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit and spent 5 days to install my apps and all the updates of windows (SQL Server 2008 SP1, the exception ;-)).

When I got the message saying that there is no update available, I made a full backup pc on my drive hard usb.

A few hours later, Windows told me there was an update available: nothing less than Windows Vista SP1!

So I downloaded the SP1 and installed.

I didn't want to end up with two all backups of pc (I was sure that SP1 had produced changes to the massive file), so I deleted, from Windows Explorer, computer backup image file in my drive hard usb.

When I ran "backup status and Configuration - backup of the computer", he said that, since there was already a complete pc upward in my drive hard usb (which is not true, I deleted it!), going to back up only new and changed files... I had no other choice, so I made the back up and found it was actually a partial upward (I can tell because the size of the backup, the original was almost 50 GB and the second one was 31 GB).

I went on the MSDN forums and found I could do two things:

(a) change the registry to remove all values full them pc backup keys.
(b) format my USB HDD.

I've done both. The second it took me almost all day today (copy + / 200 GB of my hard drive on my HDD to the PC, formatting the USB drive and copy back the +/-200 GB).

When I tried to make my backup of the computer, it says "this computer has not been saved.

I sighed and thought: "it was worthwhile, I will have as a backup of the computer!

But no, it was not to be.

When I arrived at the final stage before actually to support to the top of my pc, the program says "the backup can take up to 55 GB of disk space. "Because a previous backup until already exists... that the differences will be saved."

It makes no sense at all... Did someone there with the knowledge of how to delete a backup image (for good) complete pc so a new (full, incremental) can be produced?

I think that being able to add/remove the backup images is a core feature.

Thank you for your help,

Hi Sergio Torres,

Sorry for the delay getting back to you.  I'll pass your program for better Assistant forum post since this is related to a set of program with Vista rather than a security/privacy issue.  We will track a little to the original problem that you can't get Windows backup to recognize the backup of the image has already been deleted and the need to create a new backup full rather than an incremental backup.  Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

It's the MSDN article, you mentioned, correct?
http://Channel9.msdn.com/posts/keithcombs/Windows-Vista-complete-PC-Backup-and-recovery/

What you have done with success:
1 / deleted the registry key related to Windows backup
2 / use Disk Clean Up tool to remove the backup
3 / appropriate and completely remove the WindowsImageBackup directory
4 / format the USB all together.

If you already completed these steps successfully, then the error will be with a setting in Windows that always store the old backup file list.  I found this suggestion in the newsgroup Vista, give it a shot to see how it goes.

"Hi Tim,

because the backup is deleted out of band - it is always saved in the backup catalog. This is because the application always displays the text that is incorrect.

It will be first - come back to the full backup if the previous version is not available on the backup location. It is only the user interface that notifies badly as I mentioned above.

If you want the application to forget * all * older backups - you can launch a high command prompt. type the command line-
WBADMIN delete catalog.

Let us know if this is enough to solve your problem,

Kevin
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