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Old 02-10-2011, 10:43 AM
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They're not directly bootable and are more 'indirect' - that is, if something happens to part of the image, you tend to lose the whole thing. Whereas with a backup that's written directly to a disk, if one file is damaged the rest are usually OK.
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