Another Disk Imaging Software to Consider

mxlexmark2 · Mar 21, 2024

Josey Wales said:
Hasleo Backup Suite

Me too

Wisewiz · Mar 21, 2024

@hsehestedt and @antspants

It just occurred to me to wonder whether you can download the Professional Trial-with-Bootable-USB-maker, then get and use the Freeware edition and continue to use the bootable USB after the Professional Trial dies (or you cancel it). Anybody know?

kelper · Mar 21, 2024

Wisewiz said:
@hsehestedt and @antspants

It just occurred to me to wonder whether you can download the Professional Trial-with-Bootable-USB-maker, then get and use the Freeware edition and continue to use the bootable USB after the Professional Trial dies (or you cancel it). Anybody know?

Well, why don't you try?

Wisewiz · Mar 21, 2024

kelper said:
Well, why don't you try?

Great idea. Why didn't I think of it? Since it's not an urgent project, though, I think I'll wait until the spirit moves me. Or the cows come home. Or I find something I don't really like about Macrium Reflect.

SIW2 · Mar 21, 2024

Most likely posibilities:
either the trial boot media will refuse to function, or it will offer to restore image only.

RD Mercer · Mar 21, 2024

Wow! When I see threads like these, they just add to the value of my two duplicators.

Wisewiz · Mar 21, 2024

RD Mercer said:
Wow! When I see threads like these, they just add to the value of my two duplicators.

Is one of them Karen's Replicator?

RD Mercer · Mar 21, 2024

Wisewiz said:
Is one of them Karen's Replicator?

Haven't tried that yet, still using these two.

Amazon.com

Wisewiz · Mar 21, 2024

Oh! My bad! I thought you were talking about software. Those look good.

antspants · Mar 21, 2024

Wisewiz said:
Oh! My bad! I thought you were talking about software. Those look good.

We were, originally it was about Active@ Disk Image.

RD Mercer · Mar 21, 2024

antspants said:
We were, originally it was about Active@ Disk Image.

I used Acronis for years, I think I still have ver. 2009 all the way to ver. 2021 and it only let me down probably 5 times, and those was on trying to recover a tib. So I decided to try a duplicator, many of my friends have had them for a couple years, I never really even researched them I just went and bought a couple of them. I will say this, they have been flawless, and so easy and fast to use, once you ever buy one, you will be banging your head against the wall, for not doing it sooner.

antspants · Mar 21, 2024

RD Mercer said:
I used Acronis for years, I think I still have ver. 2009 all the way to ver. 2021 and it only let me down probably 5 times, and those was on trying to recover a tib. So I decided to try a duplicator, many of my friends have had them for a couple years, I never really even researched them I just went and bought a couple of them. I will say this, they have been flawless, and so easy and fast to use, once you ever buy one, you will be banging your head against the wall, for not doing it sooner.

Not something I have ever looked into, maybe it’s time I did.

RD Mercer · Mar 21, 2024

antspants said:
Not something I have ever looked into, maybe it’s time I did.

If you use an M.2 drive, it's easier to clone/duplicate if you install it on a card, trying to get one off the board and back on, could cause a lot of hair loss, well if you have any.

SIW2 · Mar 21, 2024

quite like the look of this but is only one of each.

Amazon.com

RD Mercer · Mar 21, 2024

SIW2 said:
quite like the look of this but is only one of each.

Amazon.com

I could be wrong, but I believe I looked at that one, but it would not do M.2 to M.2 only M.2 to SSD, or the other way around, but it would be good for docking.

antspants · Mar 21, 2024

SIW2 said:
quite like the look of this but is only one of each.

Amazon.com

I have that 4 bay. It’s quite good but loud if I use the fan. Obviously hasn’t got the M.2
Speed is good, two of the SSD’s I have in it I use for Adobe Swap drives without issue.

SIW2 · Mar 21, 2024

RD Mercer said:
I could be wrong, but I believe I looked at that one, but it would not do M.2 to M.2 only M.2 to SSD, or the other way around, but it would be good for docking.

yes exactly it is only one of each. one sata and one nvme.

if it had two sata bays and two nvme bays it would cover most needs

PerpetualCycle · Mar 22, 2024

SIW2 said:
You are mistaken.

Diskgenius free will backup disk or partition to image file by files

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"By files" is not an image backup. You need sector by sector or file system layout for an image backup.

PerpetualCycle · Mar 22, 2024

antspants said:
I have that 4 bay. It’s quite good but loud if I use the fan. Obviously hasn’t got the M.2
Speed is good, two of the SSD’s I have in it I use for Adobe Swap drives without issue.

I have one of these by Sabrent. 5 drive bay, individual drive on-off, hot swap, USB-C, USB-C pass-thru port. Even though it is USB-C, the internal switching is USB-3, so you can only get about 500 MB/s (or two disk drive) aggregate speed. It suits my needs well though. Sabrent makes some pretty good quality stuff.

There is a newer version that supports raid.