I have to keep all my backup disks?

I save regularly every month, but I'm running out of space to keep all disks. Can I get rid of the older ones?   I don't know if recent records are duplicate the previous information on the backup drives.

Check the instructions and files from any backup solution you use help. Check how to backup a full rather than an incremental backup. Perform a full backup. Then you can throw the previous.

Bet to wait until you have two full backups. If you do a full backup every time, you can keep throwing the oldest. In the disks, 'Tho'.

Tom Ferguson

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