What’s the Difference Between an Image Backup and a Files-and-Folder Backup?

✅ This choice is about what you back up on your computer: Image or files-and-folder. It can make the difference between an easy or difficult recovery.

✅ Image versus files-and-folder backups
An image is a complete backup of your entire hard drive, including Windows, programs, settings, and all data. It’s ideal for full system recovery. Files-and-folder backups select specific files and folders to back up. They’re useful for backing up important data, but it’s easy to miss essential items. Image backups cover everything without needing to decide what is or is not important.

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0:00 Difference Between Image and Files-and-Folder Backup
1:00 An “image” backup
2:55 Files and folders backup
4:30 Recommend a full image backup
4:50 Files-and-folders backups have a place
6:00 Encryption

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