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Is it wrong to only use Windows backup?

Q In Issue 674 (page 20), Andrew Ball asks for an alternative backup tool to replace the discontinued SyncToy. You recommend IDrive (www.idrive.com), but I’ve only ever used the built-in backup tool in Windows. Am I doing something wrong, as you don’t appear to mention Windows backup in your answer?

David Moorhouse

 You’re correct – Windows does

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