2011 (Windows)

Table 5-1
Selecting a backup destination
Information to considerBackup destination
The benefits of this option are as follows:
■ Provides for fast backup and recovery.
■ Lets you schedule unattended backups.
■ Reduces cost because drive space can be overwritten
repeatedly.
■ Allows for off-site storage.
■ Reserves hard drive space for other uses.
Although you can save the recovery point to the same drive
that is backed up, it is not recommended for the following
reasons:
■ As the number or size of recovery points grows it
consumes more disk space. As a result you have less disk
space for regular use.
■ The recovery point is included in subsequent recovery
points of the drive, which increases the size of those
recovery points.
■ If the computer suffers a catastrophic failure, you may
not be able to recover the recovery point. You may not
be able to recover the recovery point even if you save it
to a different drive on the same hard disk.
Local hard drive, USB drive,
or FireWire drive
(recommended)
If your computer is connected to a network, you can save
your recovery points and file and folder backup data to a
network folder.
Backing up to a network folder typically requires that you
authenticate to the computer that hosts the folder. If the
computer is part of a network domain, you must provide
the domain name, user name, and password. For example,
domain\username.
If you connect to a computer in a workgroup, you should
provide the remote computer name and user name. For
example: remote_computer_name\username.
Network folder
Best practices for backing up your data
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