Windows 10 System Image Tool vs. Macrium Reflect 7 Free?

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  1. Posts : 2,800
    Windows 7 Pro
       #31

    Hi Will,

    to check that out quickly, go on Lenny computer.

    In a cmd prompt type:

    Code:
    net share
    Windows 10 System Image Tool vs. Macrium Reflect 7 Free?-screenshot00046.jpg

    This gives you all shared names you have and their physical paths

    I shared c:\!TEMP! as "d" on my PC for example

    Windows 10 System Image Tool vs. Macrium Reflect 7 Free?-screenshot00047.jpg
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  2. Posts : 157
    Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows XP, MS-DOS
    Thread Starter
       #32

    Thanks, Malok! That's a handy little command.
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  3. Posts : 1
    Win10Pro
       #33

    Hey Will!
    Just rejoined this forum to tell you not to worry too much about your "mental abilities" like you described in the thread opener.
    ROTFLMAO

    however, if you really want to have fun, try PXE booting a diskless node when the IDE drive on yer old laptop dies...
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  4. Posts : 1,333
    10 Pro retail 1909
       #34

    Back up


    CluelessInSeatl said:
    Windows 10 version 20H2
    My refurbished PC crashed last month and I had to have the hard drive replaced. And now I'm tasked with the tedious chore of trying to restore my system's settings and all my lost software. Thankfully most of my important data files were on my (also refurbished) laptop.

    So at this late stage in my life (I'm nearly 80) I've finally realized I'm going to have to learn how to create and restore full system backups on both computers.

    I've looked around here in this forum, and found that Windows 10 has a built in option for making and restoring full system backups. And that there is also a third party app called Macrium 7 Free. From what I've read from Googling, both options are easy to use.

    But when I posted on a local BBS about my intention to create a full system back up I got this response from the SYSOP:



    Of course that made me worry that perhaps I should instead take my laptop to a computer repair shop to have a disk image created. But, as I'm getting by on Social Security, I'd like to try to avoid the expense if I can learn how to do it myself.

    What do you think? Is creating a full system back-up something that's beyond the capabilities of an old guy in failing health? Or would you encourage me to take a stab at it? I guess the main question is "What's the worst that could happen if give it a try and I find I'm incapable of doing it correctly? Could I end up messing up my system so I would end up having to take the PC to the shop anyway?"
    [I am 82 and easily backup and restore. I am an average guy. I see your post is dated 2021 so I hope I am not too late. Buy an external drive for $60 (Amazon) and that's all you need. I have a Samsung 500 GB SSD external drive. Macrium, not hard, is good but a little harder than Windows backup and restore. Use Google as an example to back up and restore. if you have any questions feel free to ask me.] Begin upper left create a system image and follow prompts. To restore do not make a disc. Tell me what version of Windows you have. You want to recover in the advanced environment which I can show you.
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  5. Posts : 16,786
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #35

    maranna said:
    Windows backup and restore
    Maranna,

    MS told us to stop using it in 2017.

    There's guidance about choosing an alternative in
    my ditty - File backup vs imaging, imaging utilities, backing up drivers [post #3] - TenForums
    And note, in particular, the link to the excellent TenForumsTutorial on using Macrium reflect [free edition].

    If you are still using Windows backup & restore for your system images then you are taking an unnecessary risk with your backups.

    All the best,
    Denis
    Last edited by Try3; 29 Jun 2022 at 07:22.
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  6. Posts : 4,512
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       #36

    what risk would that be?
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  7. Posts : 16,786
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #37

    SIW2 said:
    what risk would that be?
    You'd have to ask MS not me.
    Like everybody else, all I have is that announcement they made with Version 1709 [link given in my ditty].

    Denis
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  8. Posts : 2,800
    Windows 7 Pro
       #38

    SIW2 said:
    what risk would that be?
    ... That you will never be able to restore it...

    And it's funny that they waited until 2017 to announce something that was already a reality since at least 2006.

    I was unable to restore a Windows 2008R2 because of this backup software.

    Nearly lost my job at the moment because of this.

    I never used it again and every now and then, I always have a minute to bitch on it.
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  9. Posts : 4,512
    several
       #39

    There is no risk. They announced they are not going to make any further changes to it. It is not going to explode. VHD(x) images have some advantages, not least that they can be accessed by other applications, should the user wish to.

    I just had another quick look at the hasleo thing. Seems to work ok, it is quite straightforward and it now includes scheduling as well as copying files out of an image.
    Windows 10 System Image Tool vs. Macrium Reflect 7 Free?-hasleo-restore-1.jpg

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    I would still recommend aomei backupper as the simplest to use
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  10. Posts : 4,512
    several
       #40

    MaloK said:
    ... That you will never be able to restore it...
    It should always be possible to restore from a vhd/vhdx image. There are numerous ways to do it.

    It can be mounted in windows disk management. From that mounted image there are numerous possibilties:
    copying out individual files, or copying the entire contents onto a partition with xcopy, for example, to effect a restore. Or make an image of the mounted vhd with some other program , which could then be used to restore. Or make a .wim image or the mounted vhd, name it install.wim and pop that into the installation media sources folder.

    Or it can be applied directly to a partition by other programs such as diskgenius, in addition 7-zip can handle vhd files and there others...

    That is one of the advantages of vhd backups. Unlike many proprietary image formats.

    The exception would be if the image file has been damaged, which is also the case with any other kind of backup image.
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