If you copy the data over, only the copied data is saved, meaning no information about the sectors. But what's the difference between a clone and a backup? The partition is saved anyway, right?
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a clone is a 100% copy – imagine, you have a filled drawer, then a clone is a exactly the same drawer – everything is included in the ‘original’ and in the same place, a backup is now not a second same drawer, but only a drawer in which all the contents of your first drawer are in it, but they are not in the same place, they need not be stored as the original etc. – but the backup program knows when you are looking for where they are and can restore them.
a clone is a 1:1 copy of the medium, also for whole media the missing partitions that you have to use, e.g. also boot partition etc . also like the respective mediumid but also mistakes that have been taken as copy protection at DVD times.
a backup usually refers to data, but also to partitions. Here it does not necessarily have to be 1:1, so it is only the data, neither does it have to be listed as partion occupancy or other faulty sector blocks etc.
sector backup is in turn a special form of reading data, since there are also special forms to write data, e.g. there are block-based storage, or hold data-based storage, but also sector-related segmentation that occurs, e.g. in case of copy protection, where one is stored there where a block is free and correspondingly distributed, at the other as far as possible form the tamper.
I think I understand how this is now:
When copying, the sector infos are not saved. So the arrangement is not and deleted files are not like a formatted hard drive.
During the backup, the information is stored in a manner similar to that in a copying process, only that one has non-copyable elements.
In the sector-by-sector backup, the arrangement is additionally saved as in a clone, but only for recovery.
When cloning, the files are unpacked, however, as a sector-by-sector backup can be used directly.
Please correct me if I’m wrong. I think it works like that.
A clone creates a 1 to 1 copy of the backup does not create a copy but secures the data in a software-specific format which can then be restored (for example on another PC with other hardware).
Backup: All files are secured and can be restored.
Cloning: A data carrier cloning is one to one copy of the entire data carrier. With the variant sectors, you can also save/close an Apple or Linux partition disk under Windows.
a clone is almost a completely ready-to-use system. i.e., you copy the complete disk content from one to the other disk and, if you replace the disk, you can just keep it on the stand.
a clone can be considered as backup.
a backup is usually just a copy of your own files. so that you have to put the system back when it crashes. in a clone, simply replace a running gear and continue where the clone was created.
Lg, Anna
that is also possible, but does not define a clone.
I can also clon a video DVD .
So if I copy the hard drive with the data, is that the same as a backup?
You can go back to the “processor version” under windows for files that are faulty. Is that a backup or do I have to clone?
I don’t think I’m going to do that in a pure copying process.