Full and Incremental Backup

     Backup ensures that the data of an organization is protected or can be recovered under the following circumstances :

•      Hardware failure
•      Accidental deletion or modification of data
•      Restoration of the old version of a file
•      Unauthorized deletion or modification of data

Below I mentioned the types of backups that can be performed in Windows Server 2008,

Full Backup

         Performs the backup of the selected files and also marks them as backed up. Full backup is usually performed when you need to take a complete backup of the system . You should select this type of backup when you are taking backup of the server for the very first time.

Incremental Backup

        Performs the backup of either the files marked for backup or the modified files. Incremental backup is performed in conjunction with full backup. That is , data of files from full backup is restored first and then the data of incremental backup is restored. Therefore, you should select this type of backup when you want to save data that has changed since the last backup.