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Is there any reason to backup files separately if periodically doing an Entire PC backup? Assume the Entire backup includes all files, etc. on PC if ever needed to restore?

Are separate files created when doing each Entire PC backup or does it just overwrite existing backup file with any changes since last backup? If separate backup files created, which ones can I safely delete over time to ensure have latest backups to restore (keep original backup and several of most recent incremental backup files)?

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Brian Myers wrote:
Is there any reason to backup files separately if periodically doing an Entire PC backup? Assume the Entire backup includes all files, etc. on PC if ever needed to restore?

All files are indeed in an Entire PC backup. If you have irreplaceable content, I recommend you copy/back them up with some software that doesn't put them in a proprietary container, like Acronis True Image (ATI) does with TIB files. Such containers are problematic in the rare case where they get corrupt: all the data is then lost. For OS data, you can always reinstall if it happens. You can always buy that song or that movie again. But you cannot take that family picture from 3 years ago again ...

Are separate files created when doing each Entire PC backup or does it just overwrite existing backup file with any changes since last backup? If separate backup files created, which ones can I safely delete over time to ensure have latest backups to restore (keep original backup and several of most recent incremental backup files)?

If your backup scheme is incremental or differential, ATI will create additional TIB files linked to the previous one, that contains the changes sicne the last backup. Do not interfere with the TIB files. Ie, do not move them, delete them, rename them manually. Let ATI manage these files with its auto-cleanup rules.