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Is the system directory always the same?

Started by Tollerowner , Jan 26 2012 12:57 PM

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Tollerowner

Posted 26 January 2012 - 12:57 PM

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I cloned my harddrive to a SSD by moving the system directory and C: to it.
Does the system directory every change; ie. in a few months will the one on the harddrive be the same as the one on the SSD, or will the SSD copy change?
I am really wondering how necessary it is to back it up. Yeah, it is small, but it is an additional directory.

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Ztruker

Posted 26 January 2012 - 08:36 PM

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Yes, it changes. Updates are applied, software is added or removed which means files are added or removed an the registry gets updated. You definitely want to backup your boot drive.