About drive-based backups

When you run a drive-based backup, a snapshot of everything is taken and stored on your computer's hard disk. Each snapshot is stored on your computer as a recovery point. A recovery point is a point in time that is used to restore your computer back to the way it was when the recovery point was created.

The types of recovery points are as follows:

Although you can recover files and folders from a drive-based backup, you cannot select a specific set of files or folders to back up. Your entire hard drive is backed up.