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Does Backup for Workgroups support incremental or differential backups?

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Does Backup for Workgroups support incremental or differential backups?

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Backup for Workgroups supports incremental backup and eliminates the need for differential backup. Incremental backup is the term used when you backup only the files that have changed since the last backup. Differential backup is the term used when you backup the files that have changed since the initial baseline backup. Note that differential backups can cause some files to get backed up repeatedly with each backup run. Backup for Workgroups supports incremental backups in that it only backs up the files that change when compared to the last backup. Backup for Workgroups eliminates the need for differential backup by creating what is called a “rolling, baseline backup.” Traditional backup terminology refers to the first backup of the computer as the baseline backup and all subsequent backups after that baseline are dependent upon the original baseline. Backup for Workgroups differs from traditional backup processes in that it creates a backup chain for each file that is backed up in w

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