Create a Protected Item using the Disk Image backup type - Safe Backup Plus

Create a Protected Item using the Disk Image backup type - Safe Backup Plus

Before we get started, using this Protected Item will incur a Image backup charge - it also requires Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2, or later.
This guide will show you how to create a Disk Image backup using Safe Backup Plus.

Create a Protected Item using the Disk Image backup type

Please click on Add Protected Items and make sure that the Disk Image Backup Type is selected.


Select partitions for backup

Select any currently-attached drives or individual partitions from any drive for backup. It is possible to select “all drives” and exclude individual disks or partitions.


If there is any change to the partition structure of a drive, it will cause that drive to be recognized differently in Safe Backup Plus. If such a drive is selected, Safe Backup Plus will warn that the drive can no longer be found. You must reselect the drive and/or partitions.

Include unused disk sectors for forensic data recovery​

Safe Backup Plus will exclude unused space from the disk in the backup by default, but turning on this option will include any non-indexed and marked-as-deleted files in the free space. This could be used for forensic data recovery, but keep in mind that it will lengthen the backup time.


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