Windows – Manually Deleting Windows 7/Vista Backup files

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If I manually delete many gigs of older files from my users Windows 7 and Vista backups, how will it impact the backup and restore catalogs. I fear that the catalogs may become corrupted or otherwise unusable if the expected files and folders listed in the catalog(s) are missing should I attempt a restore.

Thanks.

Best Answer

From SevenForuns:

Right click on the computer name of the backup that you want to delete, and click on Open.

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If prompted, click on Continue and Yes (UAC).

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Right click on the Backup Set YYYY-MM-DD HHMMSS folder of the backup period that you want to delete, and click on Delete.

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