Should I continue using "Classic Backup" Procedures?
Hi: I have never backed up my computer before, but I am the kind of person who has at one point in time many many files on my computer I don't need, and will eventually get around to deleting them. I Don't think I need to use Non-Stop Backup, because I don't need my computer backed up so often. I came up with the plan that every 2 months, I would do a Classic Backup. To confirm, classic backup, which created a .tif on my hard drive, is like a "screenshot in time" of everything at the time I am backing up that is on my computer. So for example, if I ever had to reformat my computer, or was swarmed with viruses, or something else, I can recover the exact state of the time I backed up my computer using the .tif + Acronis Recovery. That includes registry settings, desktop, everything more or less close to or becomes the same as how it was when backed up? Just wanting to confirm.

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Right, it's just like you said, decide how much data I can afford to lose, and do a full backup every few months to replace the previous backup. When you say Backup the whole disk, do you mean "Disk and Partition Backup" (backs up whole computer)? Or should I be doing a "System State" Backup. Say I backed up my computer on September 1st, and on October 1st, something strange happened, and I wanted my System to be just like it was on September 1st. Should I have been using System State or Disk and Partition backup?
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I mean a My Computer backup, a disk/partition backup. With that you've got it all.
If you make a My computer whole disk backup, then you have a snapshot of the drive as it was when you made the backup. As long as you have that backup, you can make the drive look jsut like it was at that time -- system files, programs, data files, the whole 9 yards!
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