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Hi,

Heres the problem...

I want to be able to backup my users data and if necessary be able to do a bare bones recovery. Am I right in thinking that is not an option if I use the file backup option?

I'm thinking the ideal would be to use version chain file option but if I can't do a bare metal restore it's not really what I want.

Thanks

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Corrrect. If you backup only user's files, then obviously you couldn't do a bare metal restore. For that you would want a full disk mode backup.

Create a full disk mode Backup, selecting the checkbox for the entire disk (not just individual partitions). That ensures that you have everything you need, and you won't need to understand how the disk is laid out with possible hidden partitions. A full disk mode Backup captures everything, and is the simplest, safest backup method.

With a full disk mode backup, even if you suffer an entire hard drive failure you could just insert a fresh drive, recover from the image, and your system would be back exactly where it was before the disaster. All your system settings, all your installed software, all your files, your desktop, everything... would be exactly as it was.

You can also use True Image to do file backups, but that is not as powerful a solution. If all you want is file backup, there are many excellent free tools that can do that, including Microsoft SyncToy, Windows Backup, Microsoft Robocopy for command-line backups, and many more.

Check out the many user guides and tutorials in the left margin of this forum, particularly Getting Started and Grover's True Image Guides which are illustrated with step-by-step screenshots.