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80 Tips & tricks - Problems & solutions
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Tips & tricks - Problems & solutions
Here you will not only find useful tips & tricks which may help you with your
computer, but also some background information.
What is a backup?
Copying of files to a different file storage medium to secure these files is called
backing up, or creating a backup.
There are three different variants of data backups:
• Full backup: All marked files will be compressed and saved in one file.
• Incremental backup: Only files that have changed since the last backup will
be compressed and saved.
• Differential backup: Only files that have changed or have been added since
the last full backup will be compressed and saved.
Safe mode
If Windows can no longer start du, for example, to erroneous drivers, safe
mode offers an opportunity to conduct some repairs. In it, you may backup all
files used by you.
Note: Save these files on a different hard drive - best on an external drive.
There, they are independent of the system and may be used on a different PC
if needed.
In safe mode, only the absolutely necessary drivers are loaded, so that
Windows operates on bare minimum resources. You may select this start
option to remove or change registry entries to broken drivers.
In this mode virus protection programs may also access files and system
components which are usually protected by the operating system. For this
reason, safe mode is also recommended for searching for errors.