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WIN7 BKUP utility restores files & folders in both old & new locations
I recently experimented with the WIN7 BACKUP & RESTORE utility & did a full backup. Afterwards, I shuffled subdirectories around to different locations & then did an incremental backup. I did confirm that it was indeed an incremental & not a "new" backup data set. Restoring from the incremental backup results in subdirectories located in both old & new locations. It appears that the WIN7 utility restores everything whether moved or deleted. I was under the impression that the incremental backup would restore the files to the locations of the selected date chosen for the incremental backup.
Do I need to do a DIFFERENTIAL backup instead & if so does the WIN7 utility do this? As far as I can tell you cannot actually coerce the WIN7 utility into any one of the backup types. It is done so automatically by the utility depending on the changes done to the files that are backed up.
I got the following response below on another thread which I can appreciate why, but I am starting this thread since there could be other opinions & experiences on this.