It depends on the user.
I usually recommend Aomei for the average user. It does the job, is very simple.
Other programs have different UI, some differences in behaviour/functionality, etc.
I doubt you would let anyone bully you into getting a particular model of car, so why should this be any different. It is not a requirement to go with the herd.
Adding comments to backups
In this tutorial, you pointed out a cool feature that I had not considered as it relates to adding comments to a backup. In your illustration, you have entered details in the comment section to illustrate changes one may have made or notes one might want to make, say, for the subsequent differential backup.
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This is a very cool idea, however...
It appears that one could only do that if one were performing manually initiated backups. Is there a way to do something like that from a scheduled backup so as to optionally comment on significant changes? Say if incrementals are run every day, but on Tuesday you installed Visio and wanted to document that change in the comments before the incremental runs on Wednesday. Is there a way to do that?
Can you elaborate on the strategy you were using in that particular example?
And...
Should I restore the C drive or the full disk - best practices
If one images "the drive required to boot windows" that contains more than one partition (e.g., EFI, FAT32, OEM, C drive), what is the best practice to restore? In particular, let's say you installed software on C drive and it made your system "wonky" and you wanted to revert to last night's backup image. Would you restore the entire drive, or just the partition (C drive)?
If no changes were made to those other special partitions what are the risks to consider for a full drive image restoration v. just a partition?
Well thank you very much! If two "Guru's" use those practices for restoration, so will I.
@Silky
You can edit the comments for a backup definition file at any time. So, in your example, you could modify the comments before the scheduled backup, and it would be there attached to that next backup.
Right click the definition file and click Advanced. Then click Comments and type away, and click OK. It will be saved.
I am updating the last computer to windows 10. In the process, I used this tutorial to back up the disk.
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Some of the steps would not have been obvious to me without the illustrations of the process.
At the same time. I found that some of the screens and options have changed. I downloaded the free version of Macrium. It did not offer me the option to create recovery media or the option to verify the backup. Or, at least, I did not find these options as I proceeded through the menus and the tutorial.
I'm sure there are instructions on creating a recovery disc elsewhere, so I'll find them and do that. I won't need these safety nets at all except in an emergency, and I have saved the files of my work. However, I have a program that I can't replace, and would miss. I am hoping it makes the leap to Windows 10, and one of my goals in the backup and recovery disc process was to not lose it.
It is a video editing program that came with my Canon video camera. The camera had only a very short production run because production was shut down by the Fukushima disaster. (When Canon started back up, they moved on to the next model, which did not have a viewfinder, just the screen. I use the viewfinder most of the time.) Canon had licensed the use of the editing program, but did not renew the license. There are of course myriad video editing programs, but this one meets my needs and is closely integrated with the camera.
So, thanks again, profusely.
@Judy in Texas
If it would be of use, here is the complete Macrium User guide up to date for the current 7.2 version. It's a PDF, so you could, if you want to, download it for reference.
http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v...df?src=sidebar
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Sometimes the fix is so right up front, it's not obvious at all! Glad it helped. Cheers!
