Image your system with free Macrium

kado897 said:

Whether they will release a free version of V6 I don't know. if I remember correctly it was some time after the release of the paid V5 that a free version was released.

You passed the memtest Free v6 is coming

Please note: Version 6 of Macrium Reflect Free will be available soon.

Source: Macrium Reflect Free

I was thinking about using Macrium Reflect & was looking on their web site & reading up on it. Very comprehensive instructions, but almost too much. One link leads to another leads to another. Then I start looking through the knowledge base & what I thought was a simple & easy to use program seems overwhelming to use. I'm sure I'll figure it out but have a question.

Macrium seems to lean toward using a USB stick as the recovery media. I searched quite a bit however could not find a recommended capacity to use. One section mentioned "Reduced download size compared with full Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) - 150 MB to 450 MB (depending on PE version and 32- or 64-bit support). I don't know if that means just for the Windows Automated Installation Kit or if that also included Macrium. Another section mentioned "The windows PE environment is a rather larger at about ~180MB."

Nothing was mentioned in the minimum system requirements section. What size USB flash drive is needed?

kado897 said:

The final size in the USB stick is about 200MB.

Thanks,
That's pretty small.

My image backup files are over 20 megabytes and that with high compression. I would take I would need a flash drive with over 20 megabytes of space just for one image backup.