From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 2/16/2026 11:17 PM, Gordon wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-14, occam  wrote:   
   >> On 13/02/2026 22:58, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:14:31 +0100, occam wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> My favourite Windows program is SyncBack, which allows the synching   
   >>>> of the two drives (i.e. incremental backup) without the need for a   
   >>>> full backup every time.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does it let you keep multiple point-in-time backups? Without   
   >>> duplicating unchanged files?   
   >>   
   >> Not to the best of my knowledge.   
   >   
   > Syncing is not a backup. Com'on people, know your tools and the task.   
   >   
      
   The product has both Sync and Backup functions. And similar to   
   Retrospect, the backup server can be on one OS while the collectors   
   can be on another OS.   
      
   The Free version would appear to do Fulls,   
   the Paid version is Full, Incremental and Differential (the latter   
   two could be related to Fast Backup terminology).   
      
   https://www.2brightsparks.com/resources/articles/special-restore-cases.html   
      
   https://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/compare.html   
      
   It's not much different than some other products, which offer Full   
   or Full+Differential for free, and charge for Incrementals capability.   
      
   The reason on Windows, that Fulls are given away for free, is Microsoft   
   has a Full backup capability (of sorts...) built into the OS. And this   
   gives some incentive for the ecosystem to give-away Full as promotional   
   material. Having at least a Differential capability offers a bit   
   of space savings.   
      
      Paul   
      
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