Hi, Hoosier....
You point to the latest Incremental or Differential to restore, not the base full, unless that is what you really want. During the RDR, it will restore the base full, then automatically apply the incremental/differential. Always point to the backup file (incr/diff) where you want to end up, and MR will do the rest.
You might want to have a read of this it explains how RDR works. Rapid Delta Restore - RDR - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase
Does Macrium use the Rapid Delta Restore as the default restore? Checking their knowledge base I don't see a way to invoke RDR.
Thank you TC and Keith.
I searched how to use RDR or how to invoke, never got options in knowledge base.
Sort of a side question, but I'm still confused about why Macrium only mentions RD related to Clone and Restore but not Backup. I don't see any reason it couldn't apply to backups and since backups are done many many many more times than restores, why RD isn't mentioned for Backup. Is it an oversight, or they use some other term that means the same with Backup, or there is something so different between Clone and Backup that makes RD possible for Clone but not for Backup?
I am very concerned about the lifespan of the SSDs. When only a few bytes of a file are changed, restoring just the blocks that changed as opposed to the entire file would make a massive difference in the lifespan of the SSD.
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