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is "backup and restore" and "system restore" different,,,
,,,,different ways that W7 is backing up my files?
what is the proper/best way to use either?
thx
is "backup and restore" and "system restore" different,,,
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Backup and Restore backs up by default system files, the registry and documents, pictures, videos, and music. System Restore makes a backup of application files and system files and the registry. A system restore point should be made before installing programs in case anything goes wrong. A backup through backup and restore should be done in a monthly or weekly schedule since a drive can fail at any tine. Backup and Restore needs another drive to backup files to or else you will be filling up your system drive. There are better alternatives for it such as Macrium Reflect, but this is the simplest way of backing up in my opinion.
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when multiple system images are created, does each succeeding image add to the disk space being used?
for instance, let's say there's one system image, and during x amount of time there's been only one file created or something minor. does another system image create a whole new image that takes up an equal amount of space as the first,,,or do succeeding images merely have their own modifications of the first image.
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Yes. For Windows inbuilt imaging shadow storage is used to store "difference" images. I do not recommend this approach for multiple images. I suggest using one only "Create a system image" and used a renaming scheme as described in the tutorial in the tutorial section of this forum.
A simpler and perhaps better approach is to simply use Macrium Reflect for system images.
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on a fresh w7 (mine was recently purchased) with some small programs(no games, chrome might be the largest program i'll ever install),,,approximately how much disk space do you think will be used on a system image? i mean, w7 creates scheduled images, right - that's a ton of accumulated spaced being used
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I can't speak for Windows backup, but Macrium Reflect images take up between 40 and 50 percent of the occupied space of the partition being imaged. That's with the default compression. I've got 35 GB occupied on C and images of that partition are circa 15 GB. Those are full images, not incrementals. The space required is one of the reasons it's generally a good idea to put Windows/applications on one partition and data on another and image only the former.
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can i delete selected sys images if they accumulate?
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