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I installed Paragon (Advanced) Free yesterday and it didn't add a partition, it does use some kind of virtual thing I think (wasn't paying attention).
I installed Paragon (Advanced) Free yesterday and it didn't add a partition, it does use some kind of virtual thing I think (wasn't paying attention).
Reasons to get the paid Macrium.
1. Incremental / Differential backups.
2. File and folder backup.
3. In version 5 cloning.
4. The WinPE recovery disk.
I got it mainly for the file and folder backup and the WinPE recovery disk (The linux disk didn't recognize my backup drive consistently).
jdh1, answers to your earlier questions:
1. I never had a need for the paid Macrium. For me the free version is full function.
2. For moving the OS from the HDD to the SSD, see my tutorial on the matter. If you have further questions,, let me know.
PS: If you open Macrium images (just double click on an image file), you also get a virtual drive. But it disappears with a reboot.
My habit is to do full backups, so item #1 isn't much of a benefit for me.
On item #2, can't you retrieve single files and/or folders as needed from a Macrium full backup file? Ghost has a tool for this called "Ghost Explorer", so I hoped Macrium would allow this too. Maybe I have your meaning backwards though. Maybe you mean that paid-for Macrium lets you ~backup~ less than whole partitions, down to files and folders?
On item #3, I find cloning and imaging confusing since in my frame of reference (Ghost.exe) they are more or less the same thing. Evidently not with Macrium though. I suspect cloning means backing up a whole drive to one file even if that one physical drive has multiple partitions, whereas imaging means backing up up one partition at a time to individual files. Do I have this correct or is cloning something entirely different?
On item #4, I have read that the kind of recovery disk a program makes is important due to compatibility issues. Some favor (or bad mouth) Linux, some like BartPE, and now you have mentioned WinPE. Is the paid Macrium's WinPE based recovery disk an important benefit, something I would want? If so, I will certainly get the paid version.
On Item 2. Yes you can very easily. Yje point of the file and folders backup is that I use it on data on external drives and I wouldn't want to image the whole drive every time I wanted to back up some files. It just adds to the flexibility.
On item 3. In Macriums case this is essentially copying one drive to another block for block.
On item 4. Test out the linux recovery first. If it works for you that's fine otherwise a WinPE recovery disk will probably be necessary. I V5 allows you to create a WinPE recovery disk provided you download the WAIK first. Version 4 didn't. I'm not sure which version the free is at the moment.
Okay, I will read your tutorial on the SSD question.
I tend to dislike the virtual drive letter, but as you say, maybe it's no big deal if it's temporary. Still, it really depends on how Macrium does this. If the new virtual drive letter is inserted logically at the end of all the existing drive letters, no problem (actually in that case it wouldn't be problematical even if it the new drive was permanent). But if Macrium always creates the virtual drive as letter D:, and so bumps all the existing drive letters down the alphabet by one letter, I'd find that less acceptable.
This was just mentioned in another post... Do you see a benefit to the WinPE recovery disk available via the paid version of Macrium?
That's what it does.If the new virtual drive letter is inserted logically at the end of all the existing drive letters, no problem
I never had a need for the WinPE yet. But if you have external disks attached to USB3, that may be required. The Linux recovery disk does not support USB3 yet. But I understand it will support it with the next version.