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09/03/2014 1:33 pm
09/03/2014 2:13 pm
I run a Windows 7 scheduled backup every Sunday night at 10pm.
It automatically starts at 10pm and copies a mirror image of my entire system to my external hard drive. Takes about 30 minutes. Since it copies all files, no selection of files is necessary.
09/03/2014 2:53 pm
George, as I understand it,...
Windows 7 Backup is a block based file backup.
This means each block in a file is examined and if a duplicate already exists on the last backup, and this is the important bit, even if from a different file, that block is not saved.
The first backup is always a full backup. The following backups will only save changed blocks.
09/03/2014 3:08 pm
George, I use Carbonite. I think the cost is about $50/yr and it backs up automatically....
... all files to the cloud. If the computer is stolen, or destroyed due to calamity the files are still intact.