New Macrium Reflect Updates [2]

Ditendra said:

I'm using AOMEI backupper free at this moment, but I'm not happy with it, because it crashes computer during the backup if I enable schedule backup.

Should I try this software instead?

My basic requirement is that backuper software could do backups of my whole disk every month, so if something happens to my Windows, I can easily restore it with my backup with all the games and apps installed like I had before. Right now, I'm doing backups manually with AOEMEI as it's schedule feature is bugged.

I have one question regarding this Macrium free edition - Will I have customization of retention rules in free edition? I would like to have 2 previous backups saved.

I would say yes give MR a try and you can customise the retention rules on scheduled backup. This will show you the features available with the free version.Macrium Software | Product Comparision

Ditendra said:

Thanks, I will give it a try when I get free time.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Macrium Free will meet your needs. Yes it has custom retention rules, keep 2, keep 5, keep until you run low on space.


Free allows full and differential backups.


It is an Imaging product product. If you backup the Windows partition it is restored as it was backed up. Programs, settings, colours, etc.

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect


If you are going to keep backup device always connected I might look at purchasing a license as it has an Image Guard feature that protects backups from pests. (Ransomware, etc). Obviously go with free first and never pay full price, 20% off sales are run pretty consistently and last Black Friday it was 50% off.

Ditendra said:

Thank you everyone for answers.

All I want are full backups of my disk every month on my another internal HDD and delete the old full backups. After reading all the information you guys provided, it seems free edition will do that work. I have one more question though: When I enable scheduling, software will launch itself and do backups even if doesn't start automatically with windows or do I need to let it run with Windows on every start (hope not)? When doing scheduled backups, will it launch it's interface or it will do everything in the background (hopefully)?

There is no need to start anything manually. The backup will start automatically and run in the BG. It uses the Windows task scheduler to do that. It will notify you when it starts and finishes.

It adds tasks to the Windows Scheduler. They are looking at writing their own scheduling package to handle going forward but no date at present. Target with no commitment for delivery is for the next time change in November. So the answer to this question could change.

It does start services with Windows on each start but there is not an app per say starting and showing in Notification Area.

Yes it launches and runs in background. My big backups I schedule to run at night when I'm not using computer. I verify every backup.


You get a Window that pops up if you are using computer telling you a backup is about to commence. Do nothing and it runs. This just gives you a chance to postpone.