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What is the difference between an Incremental and a Differential Backup?

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The backup utility on Windows XP gives you a number of backup options. Amoungst these options are: - Incremental - Differential What is the difference between these two options?

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A lot of these answers are missing with 'what this means for you' Incremental: backs up changed files since last backup. This means to do a Full restore, you need the last full backup, and every Incremental since. Differential: Backs up changed file…

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