Acronis True Image 2021 or Clonezilla for Windows 11 Backup?

hdmi · Jun 9, 2023

snerd said:
One word. Macrium.

Too much bloat.

Steve C · Jun 10, 2023

I used Acronis backup software a while and found it poorly supported and engineered. It was very hard to uninstall all traces of it. Macrium Reflect is a superior product and better supported.

Stigg · Jun 10, 2023

pietcorus2 said:
Will not use them both............Macrium , Aomei , Paragon is my choise !

I used to use Paragon many years ago.
I found it to be very reliable back then.

wimorrison · Jun 10, 2023

cereberus said:
You always need a flash drive in case hard drive fails

Not when you have multiple physical drives installed within a system :wink:

pietcorus2 · Jun 10, 2023

" I found it to be very reliable back then. " ....................its still is ! :wink:

Stigg · Jun 10, 2023

pietcorus2 said:
Yes, Acronis is bloated and outdated , used it in Win7 , not anymore , Macrium is the best backupper .....!

I think Acronis True Image and it's other names belong in the past.

cereberus · Jun 10, 2023

hdmi said:
Too much bloat.

What - there is no bloat in Macrium Reflect except perhaps Viboot and that is optional. Stop spread FUD.

MisterEd · Jun 10, 2023

wimorrison said:
Not when you have multiple physical drives installed within a system

The other physical drives won't help you if the drive that fails is the boot drive. You can't boot without it.

If the boot drive fails then replace it with a new drive, boot with ATI rescue flash drive, and restore the boot drive image to the new drive.

hdmi · Jun 11, 2023

BrianInEngland said:
You have an abnormal, bordering on obsessive, hate for Macrium, one of the most well-respected and useful backup programs that many of us on this forum swear by, and then proceed to insult said Macrium users as well. Nice one.

You got that completely backwards. I love Macrium for the fact that I can recommend it to those specific people who come asking for my advice, yet always refuse to listen. It saves me the time and effort of having to keep explaining how to use the bootable Rescue Media ISO file of Acronis True Image. Kind of like Steve Jobs selling mp3 at his office and listening to vinyl records at home. Strange analogy, I admit. But actually it does fit...

BrianInEngland said:
When V9 is released I'll upgrade from V8 the day it's launched

Good for you. LMAO

jimbo45 · Jun 11, 2023

hdmi said:
You got that completely backwards. I love Macrium for the fact that I can recommend it to those specific people who come asking for my advice, yet always refuse to listen. It saves me the time and effort of having to keep explaining how to use the bootable Rescue Media ISO file of Acronis True Image. Kind of like Steve Jobs selling mp3 at his office and listening to vinyl records at home. Strange analogy, I admit. But actually it does fit...

Good for you. LMAO

This thread has been going on "Ad Nauseam" -- there's 2 zillion and one ways to back up systems -- Macrium for most "typical" users is simple, easy and it works and I'd probably correctly guess the majority of forum users use it too - even the freebie version. I often run Linux Host machines -- gparted and dd also work -- also other partition managers can clone / copy partitions etc.

So can't we PLEEEEEEEESE DOG MUZZLE THIS THREAD.

Cheers
jimbo

hdmi · Jun 11, 2023

jimbo45 said:
Macrium for most "typical" users is simple, easy and it works

The GUI is overcomplicated enough for it to keep causing a lot of confusion to many. So much so, being able to see that this is true is what's easy. Less easy is being able to also see that reliability is not on par with that of dd for Linux.

jimbo45 said:
and I'd probably correctly guess the majority of forum users use it too

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jimbo45 said:
- even the freebie version. I often run Linux Host machines -- gparted and dd also work -- also other partition managers can clone / copy partitions etc.

So can't we PLEEEEEEEESE DOG MUZZLE THIS THREAD.

ShamrockRig · Jun 11, 2023

jimbo45 said:
This thread has been going on "Ad Nauseam" -- there's 2 zillion and one ways to back up systems -- Macrium for most "typical" users is simple, easy and it works and I'd probably correctly guess the majority of forum users use it too - even the freebie version. I often run Linux Host machines -- gparted and dd also work -- also other partition managers can clone / copy partitions etc.

So can't we PLEEEEEEEESE DOG MUZZLE THIS THREAD.

Cheers
jimbo

It always happens when macrium is the subject point hahaha, You'd think half this forum had a sponsorship from them, I swear my razer products, Dont see me creating polls and umpteen threads about why its better than every other brand( Which it isn't its personal preference xD!) I see more people fighting for macriums name than you do fighting for real stuff that actually matters¬

hdmi · Jun 11, 2023

ShamrockRig said:
It always happens when macrium is the subject point hahaha,

The funniest part is that Macrium is not the subject point of the OP. lol

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ShamrockRig · Jun 11, 2023

hdmi said:
The funniest part is that Macrium is not the subject point of the OP. lol

Its the same story in a different thread on a different day buddy!

cereberus · Jun 11, 2023

ShamrockRig said:
It always happens when macrium is the subject point hahaha, You'd think half this forum had a sponsorship from them, I swear my razer products, Dont see me creating polls and umpteen threads about why its better than every other brand( Which it isn't its personal preference xD!) I see more people fighting for macriums name than you do fighting for real stuff that actually matters¬

Stop insulting Macrium fans suggesting sponsorship.

Look at the two polls done several years apart. Two thirds votes Macrium Reflect as they KNOW as dear departed Tina used to sing It is "Simply the best".

ShamrockRig · Jun 11, 2023

cereberus said:
Stop insulting Macrium fans suggesting sponsorship.

Look at the two polls done several years apart. Two thirds votes Macrium Reflect as they KNOW as dear departed Tina used to sing It is "Simply the best".

it was a joke mate jeeez. I wasnt actually saying people had sponsorship, i said you would think people did based on how much they promote.

hdmi · Jun 11, 2023

ShamrockRig said:
Its the same story in a different thread on a different day buddy!

I know. lol

ShamrockRig said:
it was a joke mate jeeez. I wasnt actually saying people had sponsorship, i said you would think people did based on how much they promote.

He doesn't know the definition of a joke, nor does he know the definition of groupthink. All he knows is that Macrium is the best.

hdmi · Jun 11, 2023

uncletim · Jun 11, 2023

Macrium works well, I have 3 PCs, I don't see a 4 pack home license now, 70 hoops a PC adds up a bit.

cereberus · Jun 12, 2023

ShamrockRig said:
it was a joke mate jeeez. I wasnt actually saying people had sponsorship, i said you would think people did based on how much they promote.

Jokes are supposed to be funny not insulting