Hi,
I am not familiar with Norton Ghost 15. However, I think I have done a full system image backup for the two required partitions for restoring my Windows 7. Those partition are C: Windows system and "System partition for booting". Now I am asking to know how I could let new and settings program to be backed up If they had done.
I know that there are two kinds of images:
incremental or differential
However, I didn't see any such an option to set up an incremental or differential in the Window of Norton Ghost.{could you have a look at the picture attached)
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/722/46258794.png
So, is there any option for doing this in Norton Ghost?
Will incremental or differential be merged with the full system image?
Can an incremental or differential be for both system image/data backup?
On top of that I have read here:
Differential backups were the next step in the evolution of backup strategies. A differential backup backs up only the files that changed since the last full back. For example, suppose you do a full backup on Sunday. On Monday you back up only the files that changed since Sunday, on Tuesday you back up only the files that changed since Sunday, and so on until the next full backup. Differential backups are quicker than full backups because so much less data is being backed up. But the amount of data being backed up grows with each differential backup until the next full back up. Differential backups are more flexible than full backups, but still unwieldy to do more than about once a day, especially as the next full backup approaches.
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I am expecting that I do a full backup on Sunday. On Monday I back up only the files that changed since Sunday, on Tuesday I back up only the files that changed since Monday, so on until the next full backup.
If I had done a full backup on Sunday. On Monday backed up only the files that changed since Sunday, on Tuesday backed up only the files that changed since Sunday, and so on until the next full backup, Then I would have two similar backups.
As long as I have an image backup which created on Monday, then why do I backup On Monday and Tuesday for the backup changed since Sunday ?