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Subject: Re: Mechanical or SSD for backup drive
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On 2025-05-15 13:41, knuttle wrote:
> On 05/15/2025 7:33 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 22/04/2025 1:28 am, ...winston wrote:
>>
>> <Snip>
>>
>>> W/R Old computer
>>>   - image backups are a good idea. Also necessary to consider that an 
>>> image backup may not have all desired/harvest-able data and other 
>>> important files(program installers, music, photos)
>>>
>> Why NOT?? Surely an Image Back-up is an 'image' of the Drives File 
>> contents AT THAT TIME.
> While an image back up is good for a business, a data back up seems to 
> be a better idea for the individual.   By doing a data back up, in the 
> worse case, the individual has a chance to review the software he has 
> installed, and reinstall with a current version if he still needs that 
> software.
> 
> This is the same as moving to a new house.  Since everything in the old 
> house has to be removed, the move gives you a chance to review 
> everything and throw out what you do not need any more.

Even for individuals. An image backup, done when the computer is stable 
and clean, is very fast to restore. The strategy can be to complement 
with incremental file backups in between them.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.