This is a newbie question, and I have been googling around for a while and found several other discussions on this question - however I am still confused, so I thought I'd ask it myself.
I recently installed AOMEI Backupper Standard and would like to back up my whole computer. I am presented with several options, but the ones I think are relevant are "System Backup" and "Disk Backup". I am confused as to the difference, even after reading the online support pages and several other discussions online.
This is what I want to do: I have a Synology NAS, and I would like to back up my entire laptop to it, including:
- The operating system
- All installed programs as well as their configuration settings
- All files (documents, movies, music, games, photos, etc.)
Essentially, I would like to restore my laptop to exactly the state it is in now in the event that something bad happens. (Or, to be more specific - if something bad happens to my laptop, I would like to restore the same OR a new computer to exactly the same state my current computer is in, depending on whether my current laptop is still functional or I need an entirely new one).
To do this, do I want "System Backup" or "Disk Backup"? Disk Backup seems to include everything that System Backup does, but potentially more - IF I had other partitions on my disk (which I don't think I do? I'm guessing other partitions would only exist if I intentionally partitioned my hard drive for some reason). It seems like doing a Disk Backup is probably the safest way to go, but am I missing anything that a System Backup would do that a Disk Backup doesn't? Or vice-versa? If there are no additional partitions, are they essentially the same thing?
If someone could give me a very dumbed down explanation of the difference between the two, and which one I want for my use case, that would be extremely helpful!
