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I have one windows backup job that is going to a usb external drive. &nbsp;its a terabyte in size and now it is full. &nbsp;The backup drive has two folders.<br />
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System Volume Information<br />
Windowsbackupimage<br />
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system volume information is the huge one.<br />
there are these sid's it looks like and each one of them measure between 5 and 15 gigabytes.<br />
there are 80 recovery points with one each daily. &nbsp;Whats the best way to make room for more backups to complete. &nbsp;also, is there an option for windows backup up to automatically delete the oldest files for room for the newest.
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2008 r2

I have one windows backup job that is going to a usb external drive.  its a terabyte in size and now it is full.  The backup drive has two folders.

System Volume Information
Windowsbackupimage

system volume information is the huge one.
there are these sid's it looks like and each one of them measure between 5 and 15 gigabytes.
there are 80 recovery points with one each daily.  Whats the best way to make room for more backups to complete.  also, is there an option for windows backup up to automatically delete the oldest files for room for the newest.

Windows Backup Hard Drive full

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.