Macrium Reflect vs Acronis

jadinolf said:

Same here and I paid for 4 licenses.

Try Veeam its free

Macrium is THE number 1 !

RolandJS said:

MR7 may be number 1 for many, however, I have always made "dual images" with MR7 and Image for Windows. If for some reason one of the two cannot restore, the other works just fine. There has been a few cases where 7.2.xxxx will not restore, DSperber gave a great work-around, now, once again, MR7 can restore. Somes IfW will not restore, having MR7 around - a big plus.

I make an automatic backup to a permanently connected drive and also do a manual backup to an external drive stored offline in case of a serious malware attack.

Steve C said:

I make an automatic backup to a permanently connected drive and also do a manual backup to an external drive stored offline in case of a serious malware attack.

Hi there
@Steve C

I doubt these days if malware would be a major problem --certainly not on typical HOME machines -- many other good reasons for taking backups -- BUT it's always good to have an extra copy OFFLINE of a backup. Hardware can get broken , HDD's wear out / get corrupted, the OS fails (Windows has been known to have the odd BSOD from time to time !!!!) , to say nothing of accidental user errors e.g inadvertent deletion, equipment loss or theft, applications or windows update hoses up system etc etc.

Data for a lot of people is probably more valuable than the hardware so having an extra backup - especially offline makes sense -- just doing it because you *might* get malware is not the best reason for backing up.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
@Steve C

I doubt these days if malware would be a major problem --certainly not on typical HOME machines -- many other good reasons for taking backups -- BUT it's always good to have an extra copy OFFLINE of a backup. Hardware can get broken , HDD's wear out / get corrupted, the OS fails (Windows has been known to have the odd BSOD from time to time !!!!) , to say nothing of accidental user errors e.g inadvertent deletion, equipment loss or theft, applications or windows update hoses up system etc etc.

Data for a lot of people is probably more valuable than the hardware so having an extra backup - especially offline makes sense -- just doing it because you *might* get malware is not the best reason for backing up.

Cheers
jimbo

I use the "belt and braces" approach as the UK saying goes.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
@Steve C

I doubt these days if malware would be a major problem --certainly not on typical HOME machines -- many other good reasons for taking backups -- BUT it's always good to have an extra copy OFFLINE of a backup. Hardware can get broken , HDD's wear out / get corrupted, the OS fails (Windows has been known to have the odd BSOD from time to time !!!!) , to say nothing of accidental user errors e.g inadvertent deletion, equipment loss or theft, applications or windows update hoses up system etc etc.

Data for a lot of people is probably more valuable than the hardware so having an extra backup - especially offline makes sense -- just doing it because you *might* get malware is not the best reason for backing up.

Cheers
jimbo

Why do I do offsite backups - Answer = "Home fires". You never know. I keep 1 copy locally in a fireproof safe (3hr @2400 deg) and a second backup copy at my son's house. I figure the chance of both homes burning down at the same time would only occur if the EARTH gets hit by a meteorite and if that is the case, it won't make any difference.

I can easily build a new machine, but I can't easily build all of the data + Software.