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After I have made a complete hard disk backup using the offline mode of IFL (i.e., its CD environment), can I later use IFW within Windows, not in CD environment, to make Backup (Changes Only) so that I can combine the two for an ongoing backup data? My system is 64-bit Win 7, and I use IFW 2.79. I have made the backup from the machine's internal hard disk to a second hard disk attached to a USB port.

Also, when would a person not want to use the following Backup Option, because it sounds like a good thing; but there is no mention from what I saw in the Help file of when it should not be used except to say that it is not available as an option with CD or with backward compatibility enabled:

"Speed up Changes Only Backup – Select this option to have Image for Windows create a hash file to speed up creating a Changes Only backup."

Yes, but you may have to use one of the /relax options if it says it can't
find a matching drive.

The hash file takes up space, so if space was tight, maybe you wouldn't want
it, or you don't trust hashes, etc..


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After I have made a complete hard disk backup using the offline mode of IFL
(i.e., its CD environment), can I later use IFW within Windows, not in CD
environment, to make Backup (Changes Only) so that I can combine the two for
an ongoing backup data? My system is 64-bit Win 7, and I use IFW 2.79. I
have made the backup from the machine's internal hard disk to a second hard
disk attached to a USB port.

Also, when would a person not want to use the following Backup Option,
because it sounds like a good thing; but there is no mention from what I saw
in the Help file of when it should not be used except to say that it is not
available as an option with CD or with backward compatibility enabled:

"Speed up Changes Only Backup - Select this option to have Image for Windows
create a hash file to speed up creating a Changes Only backup."