What exactly does Backup do?


  1. Posts : 103
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       #1

    What exactly does Backup do?


    I am puzzled by the term backup when you go to Settings > Backup.
    I have a folder on my NAS defined as my backup drive.
    I have set the time interval to every ten minutes until I am sure of what is being backed up.

    Does the backup process store MY files as opposed to WIN 10 files in that folder and could be used to restore them if I had to re-install Win 10?

    If so where does it backup a full image of the C drive?

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  2. Posts : 56,806
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #2

    MacNala said:
    I am puzzled by the term backup when you go to Settings > Backup.
    I have a folder on my NAS defined as my backup drive.
    I have set the time interval to every ten minutes until I am sure of what is being backed up.

    Does the backup process store MY files as opposed to WIN 10 files in that folder and could be used to restore them if I had to re-install Win 10?

    If so where does it backup a full image of the C drive?

    PC / Win10 Pro / digitally entitled 1511.
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  3. Posts : 103
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks I forgot about that.
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  4. Posts : 56,806
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #4

    MacNala said:
    Thanks I forgot about that.
    No problem, it happens to all of us! You might want to look into a third party backup solution for sys images. Not pushing anything, but a lot of us here use Macrium Reflect or Acronis. A lot more flexible, there are free versions. Your choice.
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  5. Posts : 103
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I appreciate the suggestion.
    I have been for a long time a user of DriveSnapshot.de which gives me an image which is searchable as well as restore itself. I was really not thinking about that but trying to see if Windows 10 would replace that.
    Apparently not, as a user of Virtualbox, Windows 10 complains about "sparse" files in the virtual disks.
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