Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

reddice · 23 Jan 2018

I question that has been bugging me. If I decide to upgrade to the Home version when they offer it at a discount do I have to uninstall the Free version or can I just install the Home version over it?

kado897 · 23 Jan 2018

reddice said:

I question that has been bugging me. If I decide to upgrade to the Home version when they offer it at a discount do I have to uninstall the Free version or can I just install the Home version over it?

It's probably safest to uninstall first.

reddice · 23 Jan 2018

kado897 said:

It's probably safest to uninstall first.

Thanks. However will my backup images from the Free version still work on the Home version?

kado897 · 23 Jan 2018

reddice said:

Thanks. However will my backup images from the Free version still work on the Home version?

Yes they will. You will want to create a new recovery disk/USB though.

fdegrove · 23 Jan 2018

Hi,

Yes they will. You will want to create a new recovery disk/USB though.

Agreed even though they'll still work fine to restore images created with V6 or V7 though.

Cheers,

reddice · 23 Jan 2018

kado897 said:

Yes they will. You will want to create a new recovery disk/USB though.

I always do that now when a new update comes out anyway.

f14tomcat · 23 Jan 2018

reddice said:

I always do that now when a new update comes out anyway.

and update the boot menu option. Takes so little time, not worth not doing it.

Stephanie · 23 Jan 2018

kado897 said:

Yes they will. You will want to create a new recovery disk/USB though.

I do that at each update is that overkill ?

fdegrove · 23 Jan 2018

Hi,

I do so every time. Quite often MR will recommend it in the change log if they deem it necessary. Nonetheless I do it anyhow.
It doesn't take long on UEFI systems. I let MR create an ISO, mount it and copy the content to my MR rescue usb sticks or backup drive.

Cheers,

kado897 · 23 Jan 2018

Stephanie said:

I do that at each update is that overkill ?

Not overkill Steph but not always necessary. The difficulty is spotting when it is needed so I do it with every update. It would be nice if the release notes mentioned it.