Image your system with free Macrium

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Ok, I have the Pro version so I can't check myself but can one click on the Other Tasks tab at the top of the screen in the free version, click on Edit Defaults, and get this screen?

In the free version the "verify" is an option under Restore. Yes it does take about as long to make the image. I don't know exactly what checking it does - maybe Wolfgang's suggestion of a hash check is it.
If you can mount the image explore and maybe even copy out a file then that builds some confidence. Then you can do that with Windows inbuilt imaging which for some users seems not to restore.

mjf said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Ok, I have the Pro version so I can't check myself but can one click on the Other Tasks tab at the top of the screen in the free version, click on Edit Defaults, and get this screen?

In the free version the "verify" is an option under Restore. Yes it does take about as long to make the image. I don't know exactly what checking it does - maybe Wolfgang's suggestion of a hash check is it.
If you can mount the image explore and maybe even copy out a file then that builds some confidence. Then you can do that with Windows inbuilt imaging which for some users seems not to restore.

In Pro, verify is also available in Restore. Did you check where I asked?

Here it is Jeannie.

A verify during restore sounds pretty useless to me unless you keep a whole stack of images - I always keep about 10. If the verify turns out an error what do you do when this is your only image or if you made incrementals.

Britton30 said:

Here it is Jeannie.

Thank you!

If one is concerned about the veracity of their images, just set Reflect to automatically verify after making an image. I've had only one image fail to verify; I ran it again and it verified the second time. I've never had an image fail to restore.

whs said:

A verify during restore sounds pretty useless to me unless you keep a whole stack of images - I always keep about 10. If the verify turns out an error what do you do when this is your only image or if you made incrementals.

I agree that verifying an image just before restoring is pretty much futile. That's why I have Reflect automatically verify after making an image. If it fails, I will still have the opportunity to make another one.

I do keep a stack since one can never tell how far one may need to go back to bail out of a problem. I only image my boot drive.

This may help.Understanding Image Verification Failures (Verification)

Lady Fitzgerald said:

mjf said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Ok, I have the Pro version so I can't check myself but can one click on the Other Tasks tab at the top of the screen in the free version, click on Edit Defaults, and get this screen?

In the free version the "verify" is an option under Restore. Yes it does take about as long to make the image. I don't know exactly what checking it does - maybe Wolfgang's suggestion of a hash check is it.
If you can mount the image explore and maybe even copy out a file then that builds some confidence. Then you can do that with Windows inbuilt imaging which for some users seems not to restore.

In Pro, verify is also available in Restore. Did you check where I asked?

Probably not. The thread is:
"Image your system with free Macrium"

mjf said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

mjf said:

In the free version the "verify" is an option under Restore. Yes it does take about as long to make the image. I don't know exactly what checking it does - maybe Wolfgang's suggestion of a hash check is it.
If you can mount the image explore and maybe even copy out a file then that builds some confidence. Then you can do that with Windows inbuilt imaging which for some users seems not to restore.

In Pro, verify is also available in Restore. Did you check where I asked?

Probably not. The thread is:
"Image your system with free Macrium"

Ya oughta have a look anyway, you may discover something new.

mjf said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

mjf said:

In the free version the "verify" is an option under Restore. Yes it does take about as long to make the image. I don't know exactly what checking it does - maybe Wolfgang's suggestion of a hash check is it.
If you can mount the image explore and maybe even copy out a file then that builds some confidence. Then you can do that with Windows inbuilt imaging which for some users seems not to restore.

In Pro, verify is also available in Restore. Did you check where I asked?

Probably not. The thread is:
"Image your system with free Macrium"

Free is the one I was asking about. Anyway, Gary provided a picture of what I was asking about