3 types of backup, not one
There are three types of data maintenance that I should be doing on a regular basis:
- Backup - duplicating the current version of my active documents
- Cloning - cloning my entire main harddisk to backup drive that is a similar size and format. This copies the operating system files and applications in such a way that they 'just work' on the backup drive. In the event of a main disk error or crash, I simply slot in the backup drive, restore to it my latest working files and carry on working.