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As far as I can tell Macrium Reflect is not free for home use.
There is only a 30 day trial period that is free..
Could someone give me the location of a site that proves me
wrong?
dmholt57 has given you the link to download the Free version. BTW, the licence is free for both personal and commercial use.
Actually, it is the same software as the trial version (and the paid for one). The only difference is the licence key that the installer uses. The trial key unlocks some of the Premium features for the duration of the trial. The 30 day trial should revert to the free version when the trial ends. The Free installer uses the free key from the word go.
That is correct. Free can do differentials, scheduled backups and retention rules though, so it's good enough for most users.
If you want to try a Premium feature in free (incrementals, file & folder backup, etc.) then you can. If you try to use one it offers to upgrade to the 30-day trial version. At the end of the trial it reverts to free, or you can buy a licence if you want to continue using the Premium features.
Hi thereThat is correct. Free can do differentials, scheduled backups and retention rules though, so it's good enough for most users.
If you want to try a Premium feature in free (incrementals, file & folder backup, etc.) then you can. If you try to use one it offers to upgrade to the 30-day trial version. At the end of the trial it reverts to free, or you can buy a licence if you want to continue using the Premium features.
you can in theory do scheduled backups with the free version although it's fiddly -- and I mean in theory as I haven't tried it yet.
If you have the WSL installed you can create cronjob (i.e schedule jobs to run at specific / regular times).
Here's an example of how to do this : Schedule Tasks Using Crontab on Windows 10 with WSL | Blog | Snowme34
Another idea is to use the task manager in Windows itself
How to create an automated task using Task Scheduler on Windows 10 | Windows Central
I think the main problem though with Windows scheduling jobs is when the nature of the job is a Foreground job --i.e has a GUI and needs user input. User input can probably be got via a file but I'm not sure about the screen display. Ideally the jobs could be run without a specific user being logged on which is what happens in background services.
On a LINUX NAS it's easy to backup Windows directories via crontab and the rsync command - no GUI needed -- all that's necessary is that the windows directories are mounted and acessible by the NAS.
Scheduled background jobs shouldn't actually be an issue on Windows . I'm never on Windows long enough to need these though. I just backup to NAS automatically unless I'm taking an image of my Windows OS.
Cheers
jimbo
Scheduling backups is not a Premium feature and, once you have created a backup definition .xml file, can be set up from within Macrium Reflect Free. You can schedule a Full or Differential backup (but not an Incremental as those are a Premium feature).
Like you, I've not tried it either, preferring to run my backup definitions manually at a time of my choosing. But I know that others do use the Macrium scheduling in Free, so it appears to work well.
I finally managed to back up my Windows computer.
Got a long # with no date in it. I guess this is ok?
I usually do a full backup once a week and then
when I get more than 3 backups I delete the oldest one.
The only thing I want to do with Macrium Reflect is a simple
backup of the entire disk and then be able to restore it if needed.
Any of the other stuff I never use.
I saw no reference for a restore of what I backed up. Where can I
read to find out how to do a restore?
Thanks guys for all your help.
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