If you don't back up with similar file systems you probably lose data.
There are about 100 different file systems or more now. With all this data you all are creating and using, you need to back up your data somehow. Different file systems have different features and are capable of storing different things. Even cloud storage has a file system format.
What to know:
If you store your data on an NTFS file system in your machine then you are most likely to get all of your data backed up and restorable with an NTFS file system backup. That is for Windows. If you use Apple stuff, APFS is preferred. If you use Linux or *BSD then you should use a same or similar backup format as your system for maximum restorability.
What about zips and tar files?
These also are dependent on file systems but can contain foreign data stuff to an extent. These can hold native timestamps and other properties of files and folders that what they are stored on might not be able to store and keep without things being in a special file e.g. a zip or tar.
What about cloud?
Cloud may be engineered for it and use similar file systems to what it is built for. A Linux server however may lose Windows or Mac data though and a Windows server may lose Linux and Mac data some. It depends on what it is built for. X E.
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