Looking for a Replacement for Macrium Reflect Free

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for recommendations for backup software to replace Macrium Reflect Free in the near future.

Creating system images still works for now, but mounting images has become much more difficult since Microsoft added the psmounterex.sys driver to the Windows 11 driver blocklist. I expect these issues to become even more common in the future.

My requirements for a replacement are:

• Full system backup with subsequent differential backups
• Ability to mount backup images and access individual files
• Option to exclude specific folders from the backup
• Free to use
• Ability to restore a system backup to different hardware/another SSD

I could live without the last feature if necessary.

So far I've tested Hasleo Backup Suite Free and AOMEI Backupper Pro.

Unfortunately, the free version of Hasleo doesn't allow users to define their own folder exclusions. That makes it unusable for me, as the backup ended up being more than twice the size of the one created with Macrium.

AOMEI Backupper Pro doesn't even offer folder exclusions for system backups. That option is only available for file backups.

Are there any other programs that meet these requirements and are worth trying?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

Haselo Backup Suite Free

justswitch said:

Unfortunately, the free version of Hasleo doesn't allow users to define their own folder exclusions.

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Yes you can even in free version.

Click the drop down arrow on the far right of filter type which will give you more options one is folder path.



Select folder path then click on the folder icon on the far right and you can select a folder.

I am going to try open source Rescuezilla on a Ventoy USB stick; since in the event of a crash where even the recovery partition is locked, the bootable USB is said to allow recovery with either an saved image of clone.

While I don't normally do a full system backup, I have been using Hasleo Free to backup the important files and folders on my system for almost the past year. Every time I needed to reinstall and restore the files, I've had zero issues with Hasleo regardless if it was a full restore for a clean install or just a folder or two for files that I needed.