Recent content by callisto

My first computer was a desktop and hated the bulk. I've had eversince only laptops which became more and more as powerful as desktops. They are more expensive though for the same type of hardware. I'm not a gamer but I still have a fairly powerful laptop for Photoshop. I only have one machine...

I can only talk about Macrium and Hasleo which are active on my system. I’ve used Macrium for many years, and have performed hundreds of restores without a single problem, it is very reliable indeed. I’ve had Hasleo for about a year, I only did about 10 restores without a single issue. I think...

I used it with Windows XP back in the day (more than 20 years ago), but only because I didn’t know how to back up my system at the time with third party applications. It was never reliable, it would use disk space in a significant way (more of a problem then with smaller capacity hard disks)...

I’m not trying to win an argument, I really don’t care one way or the other, my original post was about the reason as to why there was 20 GB difference in my images done with Macrium and Hasleo.

I beg to differ, although it is really not important after all. When I click to start a system backup with Macrium, I click 'Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows' They are all check out by default. If I uncheck the recovery and Dell support partitions...

@ CountMike I’m just describing what is happening with my computer, I don’t know why Macrium deems necessary to backup the recovery and the Dell support partitions. This is MacriumX partitions required to backup Windows

Macrium will check all partitions (including a recovery partition of 17 GB + Dell support partition of 2 GB) to 'create an image of the partitions required to backup and restore Windows'. Hasleo will check all partitions less the recovery and Dell support partitions, for a system backup. These...

I would like to correct my statement about Hasleo creating a smaller volume than Macrium with the same default compression in both programs. It is actually exactly the same, the reason of my incorrect statement was due to the fact that Macrium by default will include a recovery partition of...

I backup the OS and programs almost daily, so incremental backups are usually under a minute. My important data is never kept on my computer, firstly to keep backups reasonably small interms of volume, and secondly for security. I use 3 USB SSDs to store my important data, 3 USB SSDs to store...

On my Dell machine I use SupportAssist to check for any updates, on my Samsung machine I let Windows Update decide (My experience with Samsung software updates was horrible).

Thank you for the replies, I have the feeling that it is not really appreciated nor really needed. On my system, I couldn’t see any change in speed or whatever, and I agree with the comment that basically one could do most of its tasks without it, having a bit of knowledge of Windows 11. I think...

I've been using for years CCleaner without any problems. I resisted using other similar programs as I don't trust their cleaning abilities in terms of the possibility of malfunctioning of the OS. Sometimes depending on the program, there were huge differences in the order of several GBs...

I’ve been using Macrium Reflect for years, and it has never failed a restore (well over a hundred). I thought such a great reliability doesn’t require another imaging program just in case Macrium would botch a restore. Lately I changed my mind and decided to try Hasleo Backup Suite, it is free...

I always liked Win 10 from the very beginning, but I bought my main machine with Win 11 Pro pre-installed. I can’t tell the difference really between Win 10 and Win 11, except perhapsWin 11 is a bit faster (judging with my eyes). I use my computer for browsing and Photoshop, therefore I can’t...

I really can’t understand why purchase or use free editions of third party anti-virus. Windows 11 with Windows Security is a fortress, it even has ransom ware protection. Furthermore if you have a reliable imaging system, you can be protected against any possible negative scenarios, restoring...