Is Macrium Reflect still the best backup software, hands down?

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  1. Posts : 56,806
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #11

    For small businesses, Bree, that makes good sense. Thanks for pointing that out. Another +1 for Macrium!
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  2. Posts : 49
    Windows 10 x64
       #12

    Good day I have just started using Macrium Reflect Free Its very easy to use backup and restore.
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  3. Posts : 56,806
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #13

    IvanValdis said:
    Good day I have just started using Macrium Reflect Free Its very easy to use backup and restore.
    Thanks for the input!
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  4. Posts : 10,929
    Win10 x64
       #14

    Multiple failures with Acronis for me. When I found this forum and all the Macrium love, I tested it out. It is the best, hands down!
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  5. Posts : 1,621
    Windows 10 Home
       #15

    AOMEI, as explained by some well-known and well-respected members, is also something to be considered. In fact, later on, there is nothing wrong with having (probably no more than) two backup / restore utilities, Macrium Reflect being one of the two.
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  6. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #16

    Hi folks.

    Those of you who have data stored on NAS boxes should also every so often back that up -- If it's a dedicated NAS type box it may well have its own backup in which case use it regularly !!!

    It's one thing backing up an OS but if you have a lot of music / multi-media / data etc on a NAS box you don't really want to lose it all. Imagine re-sourcing and re-ripping 2 TB of music - even if you still have some of the CD's you might have originally ripped the music from apart from other sources such as iTunes etc.

    Personally I'm not a fan of streamed music like Spotify -- when you travel a lot you can't always get access to internet anyway so I prefer having music available on my own devices.

    Some backup to the cloud but depending on your Internet speed and size of backups this might not be a feasible alternative for NAS data. Personally I just back up to a set of external HDD's -- the WD external USB3 passport self powered 4TB are cheap enough and should be large enough for the purpose. Keep them offline after running the backup.

    If your NAS server is a basic Linux box there's loads of ways to use Linux commands to back up as well -- I recommend using the GUI front end to the rsync program -- grsync but there are a load of others.

    The advantage in this case is you can run the backups on the server with no clients connected (Windows laptops normally) and you can run it either at night or automatically scheduled (crontab).

    For Windows IMO there's absolutely no alternative to Macrium -- works every time, fast, reliable and for 99% of users out there the Free version is all you need.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  7. Posts : 15,441
    Windows10
       #17

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there

    WD backup is probably OK - but usually these things are more geared to that specific drive or a hobbled version of a real product probably based on Macrium anyway.

    I've tried a few in my time - started with Acronis - but gave that up after their ridiculous interface change and completely Bonkers activation system. Easus didn't really work for me -- found Macrium absolutely OK on all sorts of hardware - and being free (most people don't need commercial / paid version) you can run it on as many machines as you like.

    I'd stick to Macrium for Windows -- and if you run Linux type NAS boxes install GRSYNC (Free software) on your NAS box so you can back up NAS files to external HDD's easily --GRSYNC is a GUI front end to RSYNC which can easily backup files / directories etc - including only changed files so excellent archiving tool.

    Using Macrium and GRSYNC haven't needed any other backup tools for years now.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    Macrium Reflect Free is now permitted for commercial use.
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  8. Posts : 512
    Windows 10 Version 1909 (Build 18363.815
       #18

    RolandJS said:
    AOMEI, as explained by some well-known and well-respected members, is also something to be considered. In fact, later on, there is nothing wrong with having (probably no more than) two backup / restore utilities, Macrium Reflect being one of the two.
    Thank you RolandJS for confirming I probably made a good decision - check my signature - I decided to use both.
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  9. Posts : 26,416
    Windows 11 Pro 22631.3374
       #19

    Macrium Reflect is by far, the best product of it's kind.
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  10. Posts : 1,507
    windows 10 PRO
       #20

    Agreed Macrium reflect, you won’t regret it.....ever.....
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