❌ Just copying your entire drive is not a safe backup, Learn why a real backup program is safer, faster, and more reliable when disaster strikes. ❌ Copying everything to back up Copying everything seems simple, but it misses key files (like the Windows registry), skips files in use, and can overwrite older versions you might need. A real backup program captures it all, keeps past versions, and can restore your entire system quickly after a crash. Updates, related links, and more discussion: 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: ✅ Watch next ▶ What Backup Program Should I Use? ▶ Chapters 0:00 Can’t I Just Copy Everything to Back Up? 0:55 Copy everything to another drive 2:37 A backup program really can copy everything 4:00 Incremental backups 4:50 Incremental in practice 5:30 “Copy everything” can work sometimes 6:45 Restoring copied files ❤️ My best articles: ❤️ My Most Important Article: More Ask Leo! ☑️ to get your questions answered ☑️ to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ for even more! #askleo #backup #windows