How to get good backup schedule for saved games

I have Acronis True Image 2012, but can't use it as I have Windows 8, so using a Trial of 2013 at the moment.
I am trying to get a decent backup schedule for my saved games set up.
1. Saved Games are in different locations
2. I don't have all my games installed at any one time but still need to keep backups to be restored when I do install a game, so I have a folder of backups on an external drive for all my saved games, that I can then restore to the correct location when I install a game from disc or redownload from steam etc.
3. I don't want my backups to be deleted when I delete the game, I want them kept and available for restore.
I hope this makes sense if someone could advise a sensible option for creating a backup schedule and what type of backup would be suitable.
Thanks.

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I know what I need to back up, its just the saved games, not the entire game directory itself, most of them come under the windows user \ saved games folder or windows user \ my games folder, some Steam games have seperate locations but I know where they all are, and the folders aren't particularly large. I don't need any registry backups or anything lilke that, they are straight file backups. I guess what I am trying to do (for example) is:
Install Game 1
Back up Saved Games for Game 1 (c:\users\thewildpaw\saved games\game 1)
Install Game 2
Back up Saved Games for Game 2 (c:\users\thewildpaw\my games\saves\game 2)
Remove Game 1
Install Game 3
Back up Saved Games for Game 3
Play Game 2
Update Backup for Game 2 as part of schedule Remove Game 2
Reinstall Game 1
Restore Saved Games Backup for Game 1
Having one backup schedule for Saved Games won't appear to work as eventually if Game 1 is not reinstalled for a period, the backup will get overwritten. Another option potentially would be to have a seperate backup for each game rather than a "Saved Games" backup, and then back up the Acronis settings. My total size will probably be close to 500Mb so a full system backup would be a bit over the top in this scenario, I was hoping as a gamer that there was someone who is already doing something similar!
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If those are just files, like user files, you could use any backup tool. You could use ATI, but you could equally use Robocopy (free and included with Windows), Microsoft SyncToy (free), etc.
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I could, but I use I use TIH for other backups, and I like the ability to be able to back up my own TIH settings and to be able to have different backups for different times and frequencies, I reformat my machine relatively frequently, at least 3-4 times a year so I don't want to spend ages setting everything back up again, just install TIH, restore my settings and then I am good to go to restore saved games, music, docs etc at my convenience, meanwhile backups are taken as normal.
I may well back up a full image in the future as currently I have to install Windows 7 to use the Windows 8 upgrade pack I have.
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I'm assuming that you meant 500GB not 500MB.
If you have not partitioned your hard disk, you may wish to separate your OS from your data by creating a data partition.
I have my system setup with a separate data partition, and the OS partition is under 50GB and can be backed up separately from the data partition.
This allows me to create many OS partition backups without having to back up my whole disk.
As a matter of fact, I have even switched between Windows 8 and Windows 7 by only restoring the OS and System Reserved partitions on the drive leaving the data partition alone.
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Using ATI and a file-based backup/copy tool are not mutually exclusive. You can do both. I do regular full disk mode backups with ATI, but I also backup my music files using Robocopy.
I don't see your problem, so either you're not understanding things or you're not explaining them well. You seem to be contradicting yourself, as first you say you just want to backup those game files and not backup system things like Registry, but now you say you want to backup the whole system so you can restore everything. You need to decide what you want and, as I say, two different backup strategies may be what you need.
If you do a full disk backup, that would naturally include those game files.
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Nowadays it makes backups in way more effective way, but still has some issues with backing up settings and saved games, which can be in the AppData folders. Game developers should think through this moment, and care about feedback from gamers, in my opinion. When I think about trustful and reliable game developers, I always think of iLogos agency, because developers from this company know how to develop and implement all the new features, making any game much interesting than it was before.
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