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Keep browsing and emailing whilst Image is being produced?

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Is there a downside to keeping working whilst an image is being produced? If not, which stage of Outlook will the image save.

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Peter, whenever you are creating a backup image, Acronis will create a snapshot of the system at the time when the backup is started, so this will include the state of all active programs etc at that time.

Programs like Outlook work mainly in memory and changes are only stored on disk when you save your work, so any changes made by continuing working while the backup is running would not be included.

To be 100% certain that all your Outlook changes or updates are included, you should save your work and shutdown the program before starting the backup.  Once the backup is active, then you can go back to using it again.

Thank you kindly Steve for all your efforts for those of us who have a fraction of your knowledge.