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September 1, 2008 at 05:37 AM
jcherner

Using Windows Vista backup and restore

by jcherner . Updated 17 years, 10 months ago

For backing up Windows Mail, I rotate between two external drives (call them drive 1 and drive 2). One of the drives I keep next to my computer. The other I keep off-site. This way, if my computer and current backup drive are lost (fire, theft, etc.), I still have a backup. I reverse the location of the drives weekly.

As you know, Windows backup adds incremental data to an original backup (as opposed to re-creating an entire backup).

QUESTION: When I reverse backup drives (from Drive 1 to Drive 2), will Windows Backup back up incrementally from where it left off on Drive 2, or incrementally from where it left off on Drive 1?

I hope you can understand the question.

Thank you for your help.

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