How to distinguish between an incremental image and a differential image from a plain image?

[Wade]

I had a similar situation to this link: https://forum.r-tt.com/viewtopic.php?t=12480

However, my images are plain images created on the "Create Image" page.

How to distinguish between an incremental image and a differential image from a plain image?
Thanks in advance.

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How to distinguish between an incremental image and a differential image from a plain image?

Plain images are much, much larger.

[Wade]

Thank you for your quick reply.

I created several images from the "Create Image" page, including full, differential, and incremental images.

I know the full image is the largest, but how do I distinguish between differential and incremental images?

For example: There are C-image.rdr, C-image2.rdr, and C-image3.rdr.

C-image.rdr is the full image. How do I distinguish which of 2 and 3 is the differential image and which is the incremental image?

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What was the base image for the images? If the plain image, you can't tell the difference. Otherwise, incremental images usually are smaller.

[Wade]

1. C-image.rdr is the first full image created (created on the "Create Image" page). Does this mean that C-image.rdr is both the base image and a plain image?

2. Is it unimportant whether the image is a differential image or an incremental image? What is the correct way to manage these images?

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1. C-image.rdr is the first full image created (created on the "Create Image" page). Does this mean that C-image.rdr is both the base image and a plain image?

A plain image = a full image? I assume yes. [url=https://www.drive-image.com/DriveImage_ ... nimage.htm]Restore Data from an Image[/url. The screenshot. The right pane -> the bottom section. You select the plain image and this section will show the dates of its differential/incremental images.

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2. Is it unimportant whether the image is a differential image or an incremental image? What is the correct way to manage these images?

This page should help: Create an Image, then click the Imaging Options link. The table describes differential/incremental images.