By default, the program creates for each task a separate folder with task's name and then stores in the folder all backups for that task (For example, D:\My Backups\System)
A backup file name has the following attributes:
For example this attribute changes when you split a backup into several files. Refer to Backup splitting for details.
Thus a backup name may look the following way (note that "24.05.2012" in the following example is an optional macros):
If you are creating a new backup, and there is already a file with the same name, the program does not delete the old file, but adds to the new file the "-number" suffix, for example, my_documents_inc_b2_s2_v1-1.tib.
Backup version consolidation
When you consolidate backup versions, Acronis True Image 2014 renames the backup files to keep chain naming.
For example, you want to keep only versions #1 and #3 of the following chain:
Acronis True Image 2014 will rename file #3 backup_inc_b1_s3_v1.tib to backup_inc_b1_s2_v1.tib.
Deleting a backup chain
If you are cleaning up chains without consolidation by deleting whole chains, the program will not rename all other backups, and will continue backup counting, not resetting it. For example, you had backups:
You decided to delete the first chain, namely b1. You will have the following files left: