By default, C.Y.A. backs up the Hardware section and lets you compare contents for troubleshooting purposes, but will not restore the data. This prevents obsolete data from being restored into the Registry. Qualitas C.Y.A. versus Backup Utilities Qualitas C.Y.A. requires minimal disk space. Many tools require megabytes of space, either on the hard disk, floppy disks or external drives. Qualitas C.Y.A. uses a compression technique to use a minimum of hard disk space.
Backup utilities provide too broad a solution.
Many tools back up your entire hard drive or directory structure. This leaves you with sorting through thousands of files to try to find the cause of your Windows problems. Qualitas C.Y.A. only stores those files critical to Windows performance, significantly reducing your troubleshooting time. Backup tools can be time-consuming. Traditional tools take significant time to backup an entire drive.