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+This determines how the backup is done. The following options are 
+available:
+
+auto
+
+Analyzes the partitions on the drive to determine the best of the 
+three methods described below. If the drive contains ext4, reiser4, 
+or btrfs partitions, fsarchiver will be used. If the drive contains 
+ext2, ext3, reiserfs, vfat, hpfs, jfs, xfs, ufs, hfs, or ntfs 
+partitions, partimage will be used. For any other partition type, or 
+if a drive doesn't contain any partitions, dd will be used. 
+This is the default.
+
+partimage
+
+Uses the partimage utility to make images of individual partitions. 
+Supports ext2, ext3, reiserfs, FAT16/32, HPFS, JFS, XFS, UFS, HFS, 
+and NTFS. Saves and restores the MBR(s) and partition table(s). 
+Recreates Linux swap partitions. Works for most configurations.
+
+fsarchiver
+
+Uses the fsarchiver utility to archive the files of a filesystem. 
+Supports ext2, ext3, reiserfs, XFS, JFS, ext4, reiser4, btrfs, and 
+NTFS. Saves and restores the MBR(s) and partition table(s). 
+Recreates Linux swap partitions. More tolerant of drive hardware 
+failures during backup. After restoring this type of backup, you may 
+have to reinstall your bootloader, since the restored system files 
+may not be in the same physical location on the disk. This method is 
+the fastest method during both backup and restore due to the 
+multithreaded compression/decompression.
+
+dd
+
+Uses the dd utility to create bit-by-bit images of entire hard 
+drives or partitions. Works for any disk drive with any filesystem 
+or no filesystem at all. The most reliable method. Also the slowest 
+method, and uses the most space for backups. Use for drives with LVM 
+partitions. If none of the other methods work, use this method.
+