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ntfs incremental backups ???

Asked by jony127

Hello,

I have a ntfs external drive and would like to do there my copies of linux with backintime, is it possible to do incremental backups on ntfs or just complete copies would be made in each snapshot?

thanks.

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Best Germar (germar) said : 		#1

NTFS supports hard-links and so it is able to make incremental backups with BIT. Only FAT would make full backups.
Take a look on FAQ #2403 and FAQ #2584

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jony127 (jperez-o) said : 		#2

Thank you.

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jony127 (jperez-o) said : 		#3

Thanks Germar, that solved my question.