Back up selection of "All folders / files" vs. "All categories"

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I am preparing to do my first back-up using a My Book 2TB USB external hard drive.  What are the differences and consequences of backing up a computer using “All folders and files”  vs.  “All Categories”?

I hope to include such stored information as information / settings for connecting to my various networks and services that occurs in the background during normal computer use,as well as all of my data.

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Hi there and welcome to the WD community.

When you do a category backup, you will only backup the files that fall into each category, however if you do a file backup, you will be backing up all the files that are on each folder. This means that it’s more specific when you do a category backup because it will backup only a certain type of files depending on each category. 

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