Windows 10: Recommendations on Cloning Software

A differential file on a given day contains all the difference since last full backup.

An incremental backup contains all the difference since last incremental backup.

Incremental backups are more space efficient but in reality the difference is very small for most domestic users. The free version only does differentials.

I prefer differentials as you can delete any intermediate ones and last differential will still work as it is independent of other differentials.

Incrementals are daisy chained, so if you delete intermediate ones, last one is useless as chain has been broken.

Upgrading to a paid version just for incrementals is not worth it unless you create massive amounts of data daily - rare in domestic world.

However, there are good features such as Rapid Delta Restore that make it worth buting Home imo.

 

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