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I am copying my Backup Drive to a hard drive to keep as a spare copy. &nbsp;I simply &quot;Copy/pasted&quot; and it is copying now. Says it will take another our or so. It is 630GB of data. &nbsp;Will this copy of my Backup Drive be a good copy? &nbsp;The Backup Drive is the one SBS 2008 uses for the Windows backup that I have it run every night. &nbsp;I decided I would make a copy of that and store that copy drive in an alternate location. &nbsp;My question, sorry for taking so long to get to the point, but, is that copy going to be good if/when I need to restore?
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I am copying my Backup Drive to a hard drive to keep as a spare copy.  I simply "Copy/pasted" and it is copying now. Says it will take another our or so. It is 630GB of data.  Will this copy of my Backup Drive be a good copy?  The Backup Drive is the one SBS 2008 uses for the Windows backup that I have it run every night.  I decided I would make a copy of that and store that copy drive in an alternate location.  My question, sorry for taking so long to get to the point, but, is that copy going to be good if/when I need to restore?

quick spare back up, is this ok?

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.