Macrium Reflect 8.1 - Guidance and Updates.

Thanks, but that happened yesterday.

f14tomcat said:

Thanks, but that happened yesterday.

I didn't get official word (in writing) until this morning, EST.

Compumind said:

Hi all -

Just received official word that MR 8.1 has now been re-released. Manuals and website have yet to be updated.

New in Version 8.1 - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

I'll wait a week just to make sure that there aren't any show stoppers.

Hope this helps.

There are still reports of BSODs on the forum.

kado897 said:

There are still reports of BSODs on the forum.

Mine works fine so far Keith ...already did a complete image backup.

Lol.

I have never been an early adopter of new technologies.

Tread carefully. I'll wait until the next revision - sooner than you think.

OldMike65 said:

Mine works fine so far Keith ...already did a complete image backup.

Seems to be related to CBT and makes itself known on the first reboot.

kado897 said:

Seems to be related to CBT and makes itself known on the first reboot.

Ahhh ok Keith, I never use that.

Hi folks -

I have been cleared to share this short informational video.

8.1 for partners | Biteable

Hope it helps - a bit.

Compumind said:

Hi folks -

I have been cleared to share this short informational video.

8.1 for partners | Biteable

Hope it helps - a bit.

The video rather exaggerates real world test experience so far on other posts with most getting in range 1.5x to 2x improvement but poor old @f14tomcat getting no change (using an HDD as target - not sure if usb).

However, there is a significant boost.

Actually, a more interesting test was on compressions

Source - 35 GB (ignoring temp files) - NVME to NVME

Highest compression - 2 mins 45 secs - final size 20 GB

Medium compression - 1 mins 58 secs - final size 21 GB

No Compression - 58 seconds - final size 35 GB

So for me, comparing against default medium

highest compression - slower and hardly saves anything

No compression - nearly twice as fast (awesome), but uses nearly twice as much space.

Medium gives a good balance between speed and time for me.

Compumind said:

I didn't get official word (in writing) until this morning, EST.

Thank you for that clarification. Doesn't change the fact it happened yesterday.