[Allan Murray]

I use Acronis True Image Home 11 for backups, and I have found it very easy to use. I only do full image backups(large because of audio files) and my backup location is an external 250 GB hard disc. When I open Backup location on the HD, I find a long list of about 16 files for each backup. Why is this, and why is it that when I want to mount an image I only have to open one of these files. There is obviously something about external hard discs that I do not understand. Allan.

[midders]

It depends what file system your external hard drive uses. FAT32 has a limit on the maximum file size, so a large image would be split across multiple files. Acronis may split the image even if the file system supports a single large file for compatibility reasons.

Slainte

midders

[Allan Murray]

Thank you for this. The Disc is in fact FAT32. So, although there are all these files in a single backup, I can access the whole backup for mounting, through any single one of these files? This is very difficult to understand, but then I do not need to understand it as long as I can work it. Allan.