Imaging with free Macrium

Many thanks......

Do I need any other backup software for Windows 7 64 bit or is Macrium Free all I need?

That'll stir up a debate.

Depends what you like, really.

Ther are several - all have pros and cons.

My favorite is Paragon, it is the most technically advanced - everybody has their own preference.

Hard Disk Manager Suite – complete system management | PARAGON Software Group - disk partitioning, resize partition

If you only want to make disk images - (not separate file and folder backup) the free versions of Macrium, or Paragon may be all you need.

SIW2,

does the Paragon Hard Disk Manager SUite have disk cloning and imaging? I did not notice that it did in the description when I clicked on the link....

thanks

does the Paragon Hard Disk Manager SUite have disk cloning and imaging?

Yes.

There is some magical myth about cloning. Imaging will give the same end result in a much more flexible and efficient manner.

Treat imaging programs like a pet dog. Everyone has there favorite but all can turn on you and bite you one day.

I recommend the use of two separate imaging programs especially when you are getting to know them. I use Windows imaging on a regular basis and restored many time with it, but still keep Macrium images. Neither have bitten me (yet).

+1 on two separate backup progs.

belt and braces

if both fail, then well, the gods must have decreed it.

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i wonder if "they've" "invented" a patron saint of imaging yet?

upon reflection, he must be a paragon of virtue - st acronis, perhaps?

(sorry, shouldn't post after a bottle of red)

2 seperate disks?

2 seperate computers on two separate continents