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Windows 10 System Image Tool vs. Macrium Reflect 7 Free?
Windows 10 version 20H2
My refurbished PC crashed last month and I had to have the hard drive replaced. And now I'm tasked with the tedious chore of trying to restore my system's settings and all my lost software. Thankfully most of my important data files were on my (also refurbished) laptop.
So at this late stage in my life (I'm nearly 80) I've finally realized I'm going to have to learn how to create and restore full system backups on both computers.
I've looked around here in this forum, and found that Windows 10 has a built in option for making and restoring full system backups. And that there is also a third party app called Macrium 7 Free. From what I've read from Googling, both options are easy to use.
But when I posted on a local BBS about my intention to create a full system back up I got this response from the SYSOP:
Of course that made me worry that perhaps I should instead take my laptop to a computer repair shop to have a disk image created. But, as I'm getting by on Social Security, I'd like to try to avoid the expense if I can learn how to do it myself."A disk image backup is possible, and restore of same. But my concern is that
it may be beyond your abilities. I don't want to seem hostile or insulting but
the combination of physical health and mental health etc is just that right now
I think that a lot of stuff that COULD BE DONE -- well, it's just so far
beyond where you are at. IMHO.
I'm deeply sorry if those words hurt you, Will, but I am trying to be
realistic about your abilities and your disabilities. The latter being severe.
Physical health and mental health disabilities. ...
Again trying to NOT be insulting but really just very frank and honest about
where you're at right now, as seen from my perspective....I wish I could help,
but a LOT of the things I could suggest or recommend just feel WAY beyond
what you can manage. :-( I wish really bad that thingswere different. :-("
What do you think? Is creating a full system back-up something that's beyond the capabilities of an old guy in failing health? Or would you encourage me to take a stab at it? I guess the main question is "What's the worst that could happen if give it a try and I find I'm incapable of doing it correctly? Could I end up messing up my system so I would end up having to take the PC to the shop anyway?"