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I don't have any experience with Acronis but I can support what dsperber says about Macrium. It is super reliable and that is really what you need from a backup.
Macrium Free vs Macrium Pay
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New #42
Macrium free has always been very reliable for me. I had a rare issue with one external drive that tested fully ok including with the manufacturers diagnostics but Macrium imaging failed. It then imaged successfully. Windows inbuilt imaging is for basic system imaging of OS partitions and has never let me down on 3 PCs.
You are safer to have 2 imaging programs even if one is your favorite. You are safer having images stored on more than one external HDD.
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New #44
I'm guessing you can find numerous complaints about either with Google if you dig a bit. That's to be expected and is true of any software package. Don't get yourself in a situation where you are totally reliant on imaging.
I had one experience with Acronis, 6 or 7 years ago, before I knew of Macrium. I made an image file using Acronis and later attempted to restore it. Acronis would not even acknowledge the image file, so I was out of luck. I spent some time then looking over Acronis forums and wasn't impressed with the quality of the support.
Maybe things have changed for them. I haven't checked.
But I second DSPerber's comments about the Macrium interface. Very simple, intuitive, and easily understood. Once the application is open, it takes only 5 or 6 mouse clicks to make an image file.
I get along fine with the Free version. There is a table at the Macrium web site that highlights the differences between it and the paid version.
The most important thing about imaging is to be positive that your "rescue media" will in fact boot your PC. If you can't boot from the rescue disk, you can't restore.
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New #45
I will just echo what the others have said. Every time I have had to restore with Macrium, it works. That is the only thing that matters.
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New #46
Thanks dsperber for you prompt reply :)
I totally agree with your sense of obligation to pay developers for their projects, even when it is free.I do a lot of file shuffling on various PCs particularly this laptop.You have given me an excellent summary of Macrium vs Acronis and particularly your "why's"
After trying a lot of alternative file-explorer progs (over about a month) I settled on XPlorer2 Pro version (they have a free version) because the developer was and still is exceptionally generous with help.
Very much appreciated :)
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New #47
Thank you too Kado897, mjf, ignatzatsonic, bigmck ... for your reinforcements.
Nothing like experience. Your comments are very much appreciated.
"the-bald-one"
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New #48
Russell, Have a look at this tutorial. It may give you an easy start with Macrium. This is a co-production of Keith (Kado) and myself. Imaging with free Macrium
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New #49
Yesterday I chose to do an image restore with Macrium to back out some complex changes I had made rather than do it manually. It was quicker and safer to do it that way.
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