I have my backups saved on several HDDs, but not every saved backup is present on all drives.
For example, I have one drive:
- With ~1 TB of images from this year
- Which only has the initial and final images of each HDD I've used as a W7 OS drive
- Which has 6 monthly images of my personal files
I also have some images on our shared network drive.
Last edited by lehnerus2000; 10 Jul 2015 at 22:07. Reason: Title
1)
For me v6 works reliably, and better than v5.
I like the new Auto-Verify, Macrium Rescue Boot Menu option, and Differential Image option.
I tested all these new features, and they work for me.
I don't use a lot of the Macrium features and options, so if those have bugs, they don't affect me.
I found a bug with the Retention Rules override, but with my defaults set the way i want, this bug doesn't cause problems for me.
Looking at the Macrium Change logs, it seems bug fixes is a never ending reality.
Macrium v5 Change Log:
Macrium Reflect Patch Details
Macrium v6 Change Log:
Macrium Reflect Patch Details
2)
I installed v6 with v5 still installed, and it caused problems with v5 for me.
As i remember it, it had to do with the license key (free) in the registry.
I did manage to get v5 running with v6 installed, but wasn't comfortable with it because of the error i had seen.
I restored my v5 image prior to installing v6, uninstalled v5, and then installed v6.
So, i do not have v5 AND v6 installed together on a PC.
I updated all my systems to v6 only.
In your specs it looks like you have 3 PC's.
Can you test v6 on your "least important" PC to see how it works for you ?
If you're not happy with v6, restore the image from before installing v6.
3)
Formatting before a restore is an interesting idea.
I never did that, or even thought of it.
I don't know if it would be useful, or how to test if it's worth doing it.
Perhaps someone else here would know.
hth,
David
It doesn't affect the free version but if you formatted before a restore the fast delta restore in the paid version would not work.
Miles would these be helpful? I'm not sure how/if they would be helpful with your flavor of "incremental forever".
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I've not had to do anything to get it to work. There is an option on the defaults restore tab to enable it. This is set in my case. It is also in the advanced options when you are restoring.
@Anak thanks for the reply.
@kado897 Ok, mine is enabled. I think it may have taken so long because I had always done full backups in the past. I didn't know if I should click the full image file or the last incremental. I clicked the full one and it put just that image on. So when I redid it that must have messed it up. I'll have to try it again sometime not too soon I hope. :)
How fast it is depends on how much the system has changed. An old image will probably have so many changes that you wouldn't notice the difference.
I still don't really get how TRIM feature is such a big advantage. If you do a image restore every day maybe it may save on the wear and tear of the SSD but I don't see how it can improve the subsequent operational speed. Maybe someone can explain further. I may do a system image restore once a month on average.
BTW my Crucial SSD has 10,500 hours of use and is down to 94% health. SSDLife says it has another 57 (yes 57) years of life left if you believe that
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