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

lolnothankyou said:

Thanks, the offline installers are available on FileHorse as well.

So you would rather trust a source from a 3rd party site than direct from Macrium?

simrick said:

Filepuma?
Why on earth would anyone want to download Macrium from someplace else besides Macrium? How can you be sure you're getting what you think you're getting?

Very good question....why trust anyone other than the software creator!!

lolnothankyou said:

It's one thing to let Firefox connect to the Internet, and a whole different story to run a web installer. I don't feel comfortable running .exe files and give them access to Internet.

There's a misunderstanding here of what the online installer does. All it does is download the offline installer, then runs it. If you untick the 'Run installer directly after downloading' box you'll have exactly what you want - the full offline installer that you can run without being connected to the internet. And you'll have got it directly from Macrium, not some 3rd party who (if you're lucky) hasn't tampered with it to add 'surprises'. Where do you think the 3rd-party download sites got their offline installer from in the first place? From Macrium, as described above.

Bree said:

There's a misunderstanding here of what the online installer does. All it does is download the offline installer, then runs it. If you untick the 'Run installer directly after downloading' box you'll have exactly what you want - the full offline installer that you can run without being connected to the internet. And you'll have got it directly from Macrium, not some 3rd party who (if you're lucky) hasn't tampered with it to add 'surprises'. Where do you think the 3rd-party download sites got their offline installer from in the first place? From Macrium, as described above.

Bree said:

There's a misunderstanding here of what the online installer does. All it does is download the offline installer, then runs it. If you untick the 'Run installer directly after downloading' box you'll have exactly what you want - the full offline installer that you can run without being connected to the internet. And you'll have got it directly from Macrium, not some 3rd party who (if you're lucky) hasn't tampered with it to add 'surprises'. Where do you think the 3rd-party download sites got their offline installer from in the first place? From Macrium, as described above.

+1

Bree said:

There's a misunderstanding here of what the online installer does. All it does is download the offline installer, then runs it. If you untick the 'Run installer directly after downloading' box you'll have exactly what you want - the full offline installer that you can run without being connected to the internet. And you'll have got it directly from Macrium, not some 3rd party who (if you're lucky) hasn't tampered with it to add 'surprises'. Where do you think the 3rd-party download sites got their offline installer from in the first place? From Macrium, as described above.

I think we are flogging a dead horse here - I would trust Macrium more than I would trust Firefox anyway!!!
@Bree, I agree OP does not understand how the offline installer works. On its own, it will not download the relevant adk components and you could not create a recovery drive.