Solved Maybe this will help you decide victor in Acronis/Macrium debate

MisterEd · Nov 10, 2021

I have using Acronis True Image (perpetual) since 2015. I was backing up two computers with ATI 2017 and one with ATI 2018. ATI 2018 worked fine but ATI 2017 had an annoying bug. I always enabled the Automatic Cleanup option so that ATI would delete old backups when space was needed for new backups. The problem was that for some reason Automatic Cleanup would become disabled by itself causing the drive to fill up and the new backups to fail. In mid 2020 I wanted to just use the same version of ATI so I bought 3 licenses for ATI 2021 (perpetual). That was a big mistake for two reasons:

The GUI for ATI 2021 is painfully slow. For example, to changes between backups in the menu seems to take forever
Mobile backups in the last build of ATI 2021 is broken

I had hoped that Acronis would fix the backup for mobiles devices but Acronis said there would be no more builds. Their solution was to buy a subscription.

I liked Acronis otherwise so came up with my own solution. I asked and was able to downgrade all my ATI 2021 licenses to ATI 2018. Now not only is the ATI GUI much faster but the mobile backups work again.

BrianInEngland · Nov 11, 2021

I use Macrium (paid Home licence). I won't ever use anything else.

ThrashZone · Nov 11, 2021

Hi,
I only do full images monthly+- so reflect free version winpe rocks.

OldNavy · Nov 12, 2021

I dumped Acronis 3 years ago as it became bloated. I've been a Macrium user ever since and it's been very reliable without a single error.
The daylight robbery of an Acronis subscription licence is just not acceptable to me.
The difference in backup image size is irrelevant with the size of drives these days.

SIW2 · Nov 12, 2021

Is there a debate? People can use whatever suits them.
I dont have any difficulty reinstalling should the need arise. Quick and easy.
Though I will image various test scenarios I am fiddling around with on different partitions/disks/systems.
I find that wim image backups are most suitable for that, I particularly like the ability to exclude stuff.
For occasional images of my main system, I would use wim format.
Vhd (x) has advantages as well for which wbadmin command can be used, and some 3rd party tools offer it.
I mostly use wimlib. There are other ways, for example dism++ is handy if you want a gui.
If you wanted to do it on a running os, wimlib has the --snaphot command and dism++ has little vss box in the ui.

For the average user ( non geeky) It is sensible to make images every now and then. I usually suggest aomei because it is very easy for them to use.

Dru2 · Nov 12, 2021

SIW2 said:
Is there a debate? People can use whatever suits them.

The "debate" is the "Macrum crowd" trying to convince the Acronis crowd how bad our choice is :wink:

SIW2 · Nov 12, 2021

Ah yes. Years ago there were similar carry ons about antivirus programs.

hdmi · Nov 13, 2021

Dru2 said:
The "debate" is the "Macrum crowd" trying to convince the Acronis crowd how bad our choice is

Acronis? I never heard of that one before. :ROFLMAO:

cereberus · Nov 13, 2021

Dru2 said:
The "debate" is the "Macrum crowd" trying to convince the Acronis crowd how bad our choice is

This is bullshit. Use what you want This thread is tedious now.

steve17 · Dec 1, 2021

Macrium looked good until I clicked on the .mrimg file. I got this:

BrianInEngland · Dec 1, 2021

steve17 said:
Macrium looked good until I clicked on the .mrimg file. I got this:View attachment 15065

Works fine for me, clicking on the image file opens the Mount drive window in Macrium

Bree · Dec 1, 2021

steve17 said:
Macrium looked good until I clicked on the .mrimg file. I got this:View attachment 15065

You should get this:

steve17 · Dec 1, 2021

It works when I run W10 pro but not when I'm running W11 pro.

steve17 · Dec 1, 2021

I have Win 11 pro build 22000.348

Bree · Dec 1, 2021

steve17 said:
It works when I run W10 pro but not when I'm running W11 pro.

I have Win 11 pro build 22000.348

Should work in both.

Are you dual booting W10/W11? If so, is Macrium installed separately in both? Have you tried reinstalling Macrium in W11?

MisterEd · Dec 1, 2021

Macrium Reflect 8 Free perfectly encapsulates the Macrium ethos. Sure, we could have released a less-complete version months ago, but that’s just not how we do things. Instead, we took the time to validate the codebase on the new Windows 11 platform, and waited until our new and improved language localization was in place. The good news is that Reflect 8 Free will be released on the 5th of November, 2021.

Reflect 8 Free is out now!

Macrium Reflect Free Trials

Macrium Reflect - Incredibly powerful software that allows you to create and schedule effective backups

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Only certain Acronis products are supported on Windows 11. The functioning of older Acronis products on Windows 11 is not guaranteed, as they have not been tested.

69259: Windows 11 support in Acronis products

Windows 11 support in Acronis products | Knowledge Base

Windows 11 is a new major version of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to Windows 10. Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2021. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - supports Windows 11 starting from version 21.10 (Agent build 28037). Acronis Cyber Protect 15...

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steve17 · Dec 1, 2021

The Win10 and Win11 Macrium installations are separate. They are both in their own Program Files folders.

I did notice a glitch in this Win11 installation. Clicking on "ControlPanel -> Programs -> Uninstall a program" does nothing. This installation of Win11 may have started out as an insider build.

I've had this Win11 for several weeks and never saw a problem before. I've been testing making backups, so now I'll try a restore.

Bree · Dec 1, 2021

steve17 said:
I did notice a glitch in this Win11 installation. Clicking on "ControlPanel -> Programs -> Uninstall a program" does nothing.

Does sound like a faulty install. You could try downloading the Reflect installer from Macrium and running that to reinstall Reflect.

Stigg · Dec 1, 2021

BunnyJ said:
I use Aomi without any issues.

I've used AOMEI Backupper myself. It's a simple and fairly reliable image application, but it can cause problems if you ever decide to uninstall it.

Some systems are rendered unbootable. And from what I've read on the forums, support is not that great when you run into problems. Hopefully, you won't have any issues.

I can personally say that I've had issues with uninstalling it.
But luckily for me, I use more than one system image application. I never rely on just one.

BunnyJ · Dec 1, 2021

Stigg said:
I've used AOMEI Backupper myself. It's a simple and fairly reliable image application, but it can cause problems if you ever decide to uninstall it.

Some systems are rendered unbootable. And from what I've read on the forums, support is not that great when you run into problems. Hopefully, you won't have any issues.

I can personally say that I've had issues with uninstalling it.
But luckily for me, I use more than one system image application. I never rely on just one.

I've uninstalled it with no issues. So.. I doubt the comments by any other forum than this one. :wink: