Differential Backups

When using 'Differential' backups, and you delete a file from your desktop,
will the deleted file also be removed from your backup the next time you
carry out a differential backup?

I would like to back up my files and then delete them from my hard drive to
free up some space, but am concerned that, if I do, that the files will also
be deleted from my backup.

Steve wrote:
> When using 'Differential' backups, and you delete a file from your desktop,
> will the deleted file also be removed from your backup the next time you
> carry out a differential backup?
>
It would if you overwrote the last one, but you could make different files.

> I would like to back up my files and then delete them from my hard drive to
> free up some space, but am concerned that, if I do, that the files will also
> be deleted from my backup.

Why not just archive them to DVD or such. Then who cares.

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:07:01 -0700, Steve
<Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When using 'Differential' backups, and you delete a file from your desktop,
>will the deleted file also be removed from your backup the next time you
>carry out a differential backup?
>
>I would like to back up my files and then delete them from my hard drive to
>free up some space, but am concerned that, if I do, that the files will also
>be deleted from my backup.

Where are you backing up to ? - but basically the backups shouldn`t be
deleted .