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Acronis True Image 2013 sector by sector backups

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Hi,

Acronis True Image 2013 - Are sector by sector backups too much / un-necessary / over the top?

I've got a backup running now and see it's going to be very big indeed but chose to do this because I thought it may prove more reliable - I wish maybe now I hadn't ticked the box.

Any info welcome - Thanks

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Yes, in most cases sector-by-sector is unnecessary. All it does it increase the time used for the backup and significantly increase the backup size, with no benefit (except in specific cases).

"Sector-by-sector" includes sectors that are not in use, that have no data on them. You'd backup empty space for no benefit.