Confused re. external drive back up/replacement

[sjb]

Probably a stupid question, but I transferred all of my documents, itunes and photos onto an external hard drive. I now want to empty those folders on my c drive and store them just on my external drive. When I tell the coputer to back-up in the future onto the external drive, will the content in My Documents, My Music and My Pictures on the external drive be deleted (replaced by the new, emptier folders?) I need to make sure before I delete anything off my C drive

 

[Samstoned]

if you name it the same and put in same folder yes will over write
make new name will add all new bak up
bak 1 10gb
added new files
bak 2 12gb or if files where removed 8gb
and so on
or keep name same prompt of over write because neam is the same and in same place
bak1 was 10 now will be 12gb or the smaller 8gb
or if smaller will be smaller with less
I don't know if it can append
that is check for duplicates and ignor and only add new files
I use acronis it will append existing files I have not used this feature I over write with a new bak up

 

[Tedster]

depends on how you back up in the future. If you rename the backup file with XP backup utility, then no. If you use the same name, then yes they will be overwritten on the backup.