This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media. It's become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes. operations.
The user can switch between the following modes:
- HDD raw processing. Activate the option to copy a hard disk in the sector-by-sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems. However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation.
- Partition raw processing. Activate the option to copy a partition in the sector-by-sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems. However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation.
- Perform incremental copy. Once the complete copy of a hard disk is created, it can be used as a base for the incremental copy. Mark the option to make the program perform the exact bit-wise comparison of the previous data (saved in the parental copy) with the current data (that is actually the hard disk itself). After that only most recent information will be processed. It considerably decreases the amount of data written.