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  1. Posts : 186
    Windows Professional 64bit
       #1

    Disk Imaging Software


    Okay, in your OWN personal option, which software would you get to do the following:

    1. Shink the image before writing.
    2. Make a recue disk.

    Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 2,686
    Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64bit, Windows 7 HP 64bit
       #2

    I use Macrium Reflex Free which lets you select the degree of compression of the image and has two types of rescue disks, one Linux and one Windows PE.

    Jim
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  3. Posts : 1,167
    Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit
       #3

    I suggest Acronis TrueImage for both. Kindly note that the image can be compressed to various degrees with Acronis but the more one compresses the more time it takes to create and restore the image. I therefore use the default "Normal Compression" for my images.


    timlab1955 said:
    Okay, in your OWN personal option, which software would you get to do the following:

    1. Shink the image before writing.
    2. Make a recue disk.

    Thanks.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #4

    Phone Man said:
    I use Macrium Reflex Free which lets you select the degree of compression of the image and has two types of rescue disks, one Linux and one Windows PE.

    Jim
    1. Macrium Image compression in the moderate(default) setting will compress to about 60%

    2. With the free edition to get the PE rescue disk you need to download the WAIK which is 1.7GB but it is worth it.
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  5. Posts : 472
    Windows 7 x64 SP1
       #5

    Phone Man said:
    I use Macrium Reflex Free which lets you select the degree of compression of the image and has two types of rescue disks, one Linux and one Windows PE.

    Jim
    +1

    I have used this to image about 90 times now and have restored about a dozen times without any problems. I used the Linux boot disk if I recall correctly. I have also used Acronis successfully in the past but have no experience with the latest editions.

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  6. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #6

    You may wish to look at this tutorial on Macrium. Imaging with free Macrium
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  7. Posts : 687
    Microsoft Windows 10 Professional / Windows 7 Professional
       #7

    Beware of Acronis "Leftovers" Issues - Wilders Security Forums

    I knew it a couple of years ago, moved to Macrium Reflect Free and never looked back, and yeah Macrium has good compression and also makes a nice rescue disk.
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  8. Posts : 640
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
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  9. Posts : 259
    Windows 10 Home
       #9

    I have to chime in on the side of Macrium Reflect. I used the free version for a year or so and liked it so much I bought it. The paid version allows incremental and/or differential backups which I use regularly after creating the original image.

    Since version 5.0 came out a few months ago, when using the paid version you get a menu at boot up to allow you to run Macrium (to do a restore) or boot regular Windows. You still need the backup disk in case your computer won't boot and you have to boot from the backup, but option at startup is a lot simpler if you can boot.

    As they say, this is just my 2 cents worth.
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  10. Posts : 186
    Windows Professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I don't mean to sound dumb but what is incremental and/or differential backups ?
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