Nowadays more and more persons pay attention to computer data safe, and backup has become a hot topic of concern. To protect computers from ransomware or avoid system crash, you may also choose to make a backup so that you can restore the computer to its normal state in case of accidents. For backup, it contains many types, for example, full, incremental, differential, mirroring, etc. Today we will show you three commonly used types of backup to safeguard your computer well.

Types of Backup: Full, Incremental and Differential

• Full Backup

This is the most basic and complete backup type. If you choose it, all your selected files, applications, folders, settings and more will be backed up entirely. It is most space-consuming and time-consuming since all content will be imaged as each time the backup is carried out. The advantage of full backup is that each copy is independent and any copy can be used to restore your computer.

• Incremental Backup

It refers to creating an image file for only changed or newly added data since the last backup. The advantage of incremental backups is that they copy a smaller amount of data than full backups. Hence, it is faster to complete the operation and fewer media are required to store the backup. For the restoration, all incremental backups are needful.

• Differential Backup

It will copy all data changed since the previous full backup each time it is run afterward. When referring to restoration, the last full backup and the last differential backup are required.

Want to know the difference between incremental and differential backup? Read this tip.

How to Implement 3 Backup Types?

MiniTool ShadowMaker, the professional backup software for Windows, offers you the best computer backup protection and fast recovery solution. File/folder, system, partition/disk backup and restoration are supported. More importantly, this tool enables you to create automatic backups, full backups, incremental backups and differential backups effectively.

Let’s see how to back up your computer.

Step 1: Launch MiniTool ShadowMaker to enter the interface in which you need to choose a computer to manage. Just click the Connect button based on your needs.

Step 2: Enter the Backup page, specify the backup source and storage location.

Tips:

1. By default, system partitions are selected. If you want to back up files, disk or partition, enter the Source section to choose.

2. It is recommended to back up your system or disk data to a safe location, for example, an external hard drive.

Step 3: Finally begin the full backup by clicking Back up Now button.

The full backup operation will be performed on the Manage page. After it is completed, you can create incremental or differential backups, see the following figure:
 

 

Summary

Now we have introduced you some information about backup types. If you want to look for more details, this post 3 Types of Backup: Full, Incremental, Differential – MiniTool will be helpful.