inc. backups, are they actually just as safe as
I get the sense incremental backups are considered less dependable than differentials. I understand that if in a series of inc. backups, one is defective, those that came after are lost- but, is this really a threat? Do people who mostly use incremental backups find that they seldom are defective? It certainly is less work for the computer to do incrementals so if they're dependable, that's what I'll do.
Also, I notice and see that others have complained that in this forum- you can't check off at the bottom to have replies sent to our email- until we continue the dialogue with another message. Is that by design or is that a bug in the forum structure?
Joe
Tuttle, I have a 2T external USB drive so space is no problem. I think I may go with a custom scheme with a full backup, then maybe 3-4 differentials on a dialy basis, then start over- keeping 3-4 sets. My only concern about doing full disk backups is, not the time it would take, as that can be scheduled for late at night (I like the way ATI can turn on a hib. or sleeping system), but I should think the heavy activity on the drive might tend to wear it out sooner?
how often do you do your full backups?
Joe
My backup frequency varies, depending upon what I've been doing with my PC and how much new data I've created or changed. I probably average about three or four full backups per week, plus Robocopy file copying.