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Adding / Changing / Moving Files During Backup?

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Hello,

I’ve installed Acronis Backup Software, and am backing up entire system. It says I can close the window and continue working whilst backing up.

I’m wondering what happens if files are added / changed / moved during the backup? Will this corrupt the backup?

Yours faithfully,

Carl H

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Carl, welcome to these public User Forums.

If you continue working on the PC while a backup is active, then the changes made will not be included in the backup image as Acronis will capture a snapshot of the system at a specific point in time during the backup operation and then save the contents of the snapshot, not the live files on the disk.  This is done using the Microsoft VSS (Volume Shadow Service) component of Windows as used by the majority of backup software including Windows Backup.