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If you really want FREE though - learn a little bit of Linux, download a bootable LIVE CD (on a USB !!) and use the DD command for backup / restore - although complex it will copy and restore byte for byte everything that's on an HDD whatever the partition type - use carefully though as it's quite a complex command. I'd avoid all those that rely on using the VSS).

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(I'd hate to re-rip 3,000 CD's again - even if I had them all, plus re-tag loads of music and download again - no thanks - a 45 USD decent backup / restore program worth it for me EVERY TIME. While money is an issue for people I think that the relative cheap costs of decent commercial backup products are well worth the price - especially if you think what the cost of retrieving your Music / Video / photo libraries are or even restoring important scanned documents like Tax returns etc. That's why I prefer things like Acronis (although paid) which can boot directly from a USB and work without needing ANYTHING running whatsoever - (apart from the computer of course !!) - even if the computer has BROKEN or Inoperable HDD's you can still restore to an external HDD which could then be swapped for the broken one to repair your machine. One problem also with Macrium is that it requires the V.S.S (Volume Shadow Service) to be operational - and if you don't have much HDD space available it will fail. If I click to Open Services, the VSS entry is set to Manual. In Task Manager/Services tab VSS seems to have 2 settings: Stopped or Running. I am not that technical (a little knowledge is definitely proving to be a dangerous thing!) so simple explanations and guidance would be appreciatedĪnd on that point, could someone please confirm if my VSS settings are correct. I do also have System Images created through Windows but I want an alternative just in case. I have set my antivirus (Emsisoft) to allow Macrium. Other helpful (to the reader) information: But when trying to open the program I still get the 'stopped working' message.Īdditional Information 2: 4ce4e113bc4c505a641a15c39fea5d69Īdditional Information 4: 92c46470e27626491c72c1abfb657a48 This took a lot longer than the previous installs but eventually appeared to have completed successfully.

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So I decided to try a completely new install of the free edition from Macrium's website. When I got this issue on the other laptop, updating the the current version was part of the solution, hence doing this immediately on the second laptop. So I thought I would try to create an image before updating, but got a familiar (to me when using Macrium) VSS issue which aborts the process. I uninstalled and tried again a few times with no success. After this it was not possible to open the program: 'Macrium Reflect Disk Imaging has stopped working'. I then searched for updates as the file was a few months old and updated to the latest version.

This installed and opened without any problem.

So I wanted to also do this on the other laptop.įirst I installed Macrium. New dynamic file names for backups are available.I have 2 Dell laptops, bought at the same time, both same spec running Win 8.1.Īfter several failed attempts and lots of forum browsing I finally managed to create a System Image on one laptop, using Macrium Reflect Free edition with the latest update.

Backup file name functionality improvements.

The folder that contains the backup can also be opened directly now using the context menu. Backup logs can also be viewed directly now for particular backup files (by right-clicking on the file and selecting View Backup Logs).

Backed up files can be viewed in tree or flat list view in the new interface. New functionality, such as the ability to sort files or view them in context of the backup set, have been added.

Restore has been renamed to Existing Backups.

Here are the main new features of Macrium Reflect Free 8:

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The software will continue to work after support ends but new updates won't be released anymore for it. Note: Macrium Reflect 7 Free will be supported until May 2022.

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