# Disk Image Backup Guide

This is a walkthrough to help you create Disk Image backup.

* Disk Image backups will deduplicate with other data existing inside your Storage Vault. For example, backing up Files and Folders and performing a Disk Image backup from the same hard drive will deduplicate, and provide you with a valuable storage savings.
* If you are looking for technical information on the Disk Image backup type, please see this article: [Disk Image Backup](/documentation/disk-image-backup.md).

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### **Use the following steps to create a Disk Image backup:**

**Add a new Protected Item, select the Disk Image backup type**

<img src="https://eazybackup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Disk-Image-Protected-Item.png" alt="" width="563">

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Note: You need to have purchased a backup plan that includes the Disk Image feature in order to create a Disk Image Protected Item.
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**Select the disk that will be included in the backup**

<img src="https://eazybackup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Disk-Image-Protected-Item-Partition-Selection.png" alt="" width="563">

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<mark style="color:orange;">**Advanced Option: Include unused disk sectors for forensic data recovery**</mark><mark style="background-color:blue;">**​**</mark>

By default unused space from the disk will be excluded from the backup, enabling this option will include any non-indexed and marked-as-deleted files in the free space. This could be used for forensic data recovery, but keep in mind that it will lengthen the backup time.

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