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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does an incremental backup entail?
A
Makes copies only of the new files
B
Saves your backup to secondary storage
C
Makes copies of all files
D
Makes a copy of the entire drive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An incremental backup is a backup type that only copies data that has been changed or created since the previous backup activity was conducted. An incremental backup approach is used when the amount of data that has to be protected is too voluminous to do a full backup of that data every day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Differential backups comprise data files that have changed since the most recently completed full backup. Incremental backups comprise data files that have changed since the most recently completed incremental backup.

Detailed explanation-3: -Incremental backups An incremental backup operation will result in copying only the data that has changed since the last backup operation of any type. An organization typically uses the modified time stamp on files and compares it to the time stamp of the last backup.

Detailed explanation-4: -Differential Backup This type of backup involves backing up data that was created or changed since the last full backup.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: save only files that have changed recently. Solution: It is a method for creating backups of file or data of the system those are recently changed or new add since the last backup. Therefore, Option C is correct.

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