Poll on Backup software


Which imaging program do you use for backups?

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    433
cereberus said:
You should always backy fat32 and C drive as a minimum aa fat32 comtains boot files. I recommend you backup all partitions. If you have data partitions you can ba k those up separately if you prefer.
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Thanks, that's what I needed to know (y)
 

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    Core i5-1035G1
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    Intel Core i5-1035G1
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    200mbps Starlink
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    Firefox
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    Defender
Badger said:
As far as HD failures go, I've only experienced 2 and both were Seagate drives. Because of that, I've only been purchasing Western Digital drives for the last 10 or so years without issue. Only had one SSD failure which was recent with a Crucial SSD. In the years around 2005 Acronis backup used to be rock solid with their window's product. However, some years back the product let me down bigtime during a verified restore and since I've sworn off it. Regarding freeware backup utils. I've used Clonezilla for years up until about a year ago and it's always been fast and reliable.
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It was a crucial ssd that failed on me recently. Formerly used in a laptop (not used that much) then in an external case. Have also had a Samsung SSD fail very quickly too. Only ever had one HDD fail - a very old one.
 

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    Windows 11 Home 25H2
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3606sa
    CPU
    Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    32gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 870 evo sata ssd
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    50 mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
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    Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd

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    Windows 11 HomeIntel Core i5-1035G116gb
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    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion ce3606sa
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1035G1
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Hynix Gold P31 2TB
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
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    Firefox
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    Defender
Hazel123 said:
Thanks, that's what I needed to know (y)
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Macrium has a link on the left hand side which can be used to select all partition Windows needs to run.


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HP
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i7 7500U
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HP
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8GB
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NVIDIA Geforce 940MX
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1920x1080
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Yeah but the EaseUS licence is free for a lifetime :)
 

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    HP Pavilion 14-ce3606sa
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    Core i5-1035G1
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    32gb
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    Samsung 870 evo sata ssd
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    Originally came installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd

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    Windows 11 HomeIntel Core i5-1035G116gb
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion ce3606sa
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-1035G1
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    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Hynix Gold P31 2TB
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    200mbps Starlink
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    Firefox
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    Defender

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OS
Windows 10 version 22H2 and W11 Dev.
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Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
i7 7500U
Motherboard
HP
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 940MX
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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Internal 256GB Samsung SSD plus UB3/2 attached 500GB Samsung SSD, 256GB WD SSD, 3TB WD HDD, 2TB WD HDD. 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and 7GB Network storage
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
200Mb/sec
Browser
Chrome, FF, Opera, Edgium.
Antivirus
MS Defender, Malwarebytes
Hazel123 said:
It was a crucial ssd that failed on me recently. Formerly used in a laptop (not used that much) then in an external case. Have also had a Samsung SSD fail very quickly too. Only ever had one HDD fail - a very old one.
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Yes, I've been reading similar stories so no more Crucial SSD's for me.
 

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PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
MinisForum / UM790-Pro
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AMD Ryzen™ 9 7940HS Processor, 8 Cores/16 Threads
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MinisForum
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32Gb DDR5 5600MHz SODIMM
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Integrated AMD Radeon 780M
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Onboard
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LG 32" 4K
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3840 X 2160
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1 Gb WD - Black SN850X PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
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Logitech K800
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Logitech MX Master 3
I always used the free version of AOMEI and it always worked for both backing up and restoring. The latest free version has removed the ability to mount the image and retrieve things from it manually. For that reason alone I went to EaseUS Todo which can still mount the image and it works even better than AOMEI did.
 

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    Custom built
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    AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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    MSI B550-A Pro
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    16 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200
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    PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6600XT with 8GB GDDR6
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    Acer Nitro 24" RG241Y 144hz refresh rate
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    1920 X 1080
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    Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB NVMe SSD
    Samsung 860 QVO 1 TB SATA SSD
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD
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    LEPA B650 650 watt
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    Enermax Coenus
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    Cooler Master Hyper T4 air
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    CM Storm Devastator
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    E-Blue Cobra Jr.
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    Microsoft Defender
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    Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
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    AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
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    16 GB Samsung DDR5-4800
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    Integrated Realtek with Dolby Atmos
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    Battery power and Asus power brick/adapter. Also has USB-C charging
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    Laptop fans in vapor chamber
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    Touchpad and Omoton bluetooth mouse
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    Edge Chromium
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    Microsoft Defender
Dch48 said:
I always used the free version of AOMEI and it always worked for both backing up and restoring. The latest free version has removed the ability to mount the image and retrieve things from it manually. For that reason alone I went to EaseUS Todo....
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Reflect Free can mount images too. Free also includes viBoot, which can boot a Macrium image as a Hyper-V or VirtualBox VM.
 

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    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
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    8GB
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    Radeon Graphics
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    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
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    Edge, Firefox
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    Defender
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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.

    UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to mechanical deterioration this PC has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.

    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

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    Dell Latitude E4310
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    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
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    0T6M8G
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    8GB
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    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
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    1366x768
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    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
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    Firefox, Edge
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    Defender
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    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
    Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Dev, and Canary builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
  • My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro 24H2, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine.
Easeus image contents can be viewed in windows explorer the last time I looked. ddeexec Similar to the way windows can see inside zip files

they also have a separate thing in case you dont have easeus installed and want to have look.

The free edition does the basics. However, the subscription idea for the paid versions is not a good direction. They also do lifetime license for each paid edition instead.
 

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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-9700
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    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x16gb 3600mhz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    benq gw2480
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    bequiet pure power 11 400CM
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    cryorig m9i

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    win7,win11
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200
    PSU
    xfx pro 450
Pro giveaway of aomei is not hard to find.

Looks like O&O giveaway of diskimagev16 is no longer running.
 

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    i7-9700
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    gigabyte b365m ds3h
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    2x16gb 3600mhz
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    i5-8400
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    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200
    PSU
    xfx pro 450
Ghot said:
I've used Norton Ghost 2003, Acronis and Macrium.
I've tested a few others.

IMO, Norton Ghost 2003 was the best, but it won't run on anything past Windows XP.
Then comes Macrium, which if it has ANY faults, it's just that it's getting too complex.

For my money, backup software should have three things only.
1. Can make full backups.
2. Can restore full backups, even if Windows won't boot.
3. Can make bootable Rescue Media.
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I agree, I don't think "more" is better with anything in life ;)
 

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    Windows 10
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    HP HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx
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    3.50 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
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    Board: HP 8433 11
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    14250 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
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    AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
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    HP 22cwa [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n 6CM8221G2Q, May 2018)
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    2023.75 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Internet Speed
    30 mbps download
    Browser
    FireFox
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    Windows Defender

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    100 mbps
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    Windows Security

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OS
Windows 10 version 22H2 and W11 Dev.
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
i7 7500U
Motherboard
HP
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 940MX
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Internal 256GB Samsung SSD plus UB3/2 attached 500GB Samsung SSD, 256GB WD SSD, 3TB WD HDD, 2TB WD HDD. 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and 7GB Network storage
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
200Mb/sec
Browser
Chrome, FF, Opera, Edgium.
Antivirus
MS Defender, Malwarebytes
Ghot said:
I've used Norton Ghost 2003, Acronis and Macrium.
I've tested a few others.

IMO, Norton Ghost 2003 was the best, but it won't run on anything past Windows XP.
Then comes Macrium, which if it has ANY faults, it's just that it's getting too complex.

For my money, backup software should have three things only.
1. Can make full backups.
2. Can restore full backups, even if Windows won't boot.
3. Can make bootable Rescue Media.
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In addition to your list, I absolutely need the ability to restore a single file and ofttimes my choice of a previous version of a file. That's why one of my backups is Microsoft File History. Another backup I couldn't be without is Microsoft OneDrive, an always current real-time mirror of all my data.
 

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    Windows 11 ProIntel Series 3 Core Ultra X9 388H64GB LPDDR5x 9600 MT/sIntel Arc graphics B390 Panther Lake
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    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 16 DA16260
    CPU
    Intel Series 3 Core Ultra X9 388H
    Memory
    64GB LPDDR5x 9600 MT/s
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Arc graphics B390 Panther Lake
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    16" 3.2K Tandem OLED Infinity Edge
    Screen Resolution
    3200 x 2000 16:10 236 PPI
    Hard Drives
    1 Terabyte M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
    Case
    Black Anodized Aluminum
    Cooling
    Vapor Chamber Cooling
    Mouse
    None
    Internet Speed
    942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Security (Defender)
    Other Info
    NPU delivering 67 TOPS
    Microsoft 365 subscription
    Microsoft Office 365
    Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Microsoft Sysinternals Suite
    Microsoft BitLocker
    Microsoft Copilot
    Dell Support Assist
    Dell Command | Update
    Macrium Reflect X subscription
    1Password Password Manager
    Amazon Kindle for PC
    Lightroom/Photoshop subscription
    Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation

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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
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    Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core) with Hexagon NPU delivering 45 TOPS
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    32GB LPDDR5x 8448 MT/s
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    Integrated Adreno GPU
    Sound Card
    Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound
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    13.8″ PixelSense Flow touchscreen 120 Hz 600 NIT
    Screen Resolution
    2304 × 1536 (201 PPI), 3:2 aspect ratio
    Hard Drives
    1 TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD
    Case
    Black Anodized Aluminum
    Cooling
    Vapor Chamber Cooling
    Mouse
    None
    Internet Speed
    942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Security (Defender)
    Other Info
    Microsoft 365 subscription (Office)
    Microsoft Office 365
    Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud
    Microsoft Visual Studio 2026
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation
    Lightroom/Photoshop subscription
    1Password Password Manager
    Microsoft Sysinternals
    Amazon Kindle for PC
    Microsoft BitLocker
    Microsoft Copilot
While old stuff was good, you really need to up your game since we get new file systems. What works with NTFS may not work with ZFS. That is of course an entire discussion, if a backup software takes the clusters, then it shouldn't matter, but if it doesn't or have other compatibility issues with newer ways of storing data, one just need to be aware.
 

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OS
11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Homebrew
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six-Core Processor
Motherboard
GigaByte X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7
Memory
2 x 16GB G.Skill F5-6000J3040G32G @ 6000
Graphics Card(s)
Asus Strix Radeon RX 6750 XT
Sound Card
Motherboards Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Dell U2720Q | 1 Dell P2415Qb
Screen Resolution
2 x 3869x2160
Hard Drives
NVME GigaByte AG450E500G-G
NVME Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB
NVME KINGSTON SA2000M81000G
PSU
Lian-Li EDGE 850
Case
Lian-Li
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 chromax | 1x Lian-li AIO GA II Trinity | 6x SL V2
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Razer Huntsman v2 (Optical)
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Raze Basilisk v3
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100/100
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Vivaldi
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Bitdefender Gravityzone
Coram Daes said:
While old stuff was good, you really need to up your game since we get new file systems. What works with NTFS may not work with ZFS. That is of course an entire discussion, if a backup software takes the clusters, then it shouldn't matter, but if it doesn't or have other compatibility issues with newer ways of storing data, one just need to be aware.
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Who cares about that now? You can be sure major players will either adapt or die.
 

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Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ16 GB solderedIntegrated Intel Iris XE
OS
Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS Zenbook 14
CPU
I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
Motherboard
Yep, Laptop has one.
Memory
16 GB soldered
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Iris XE
Sound Card
Realtek built in
Monitor(s) Displays
laptop OLED screen
Screen Resolution
2880x1800 touchscreen
Hard Drives
1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
PSU
Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
Case
Yep, got one
Cooling
Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
Keyboard
Built in UK keybd
Mouse
Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
Internet Speed
900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)

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    Windows 103.50 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 3 2200G14250 Megabytes Usable Installed MemoryAMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
    OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx
    CPU
    3.50 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    Motherboard
    Board: HP 8433 11
    Memory
    14250 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP 22cwa [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n 6CM8221G2Q, May 2018)
    Hard Drives
    2023.75 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Internet Speed
    30 mbps download
    Browser
    FireFox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

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    Windows 11 V. 23H2
    Operating System
    Windows 11 V. 23H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    17-by4xxx
    Mouse
    2.4g Wireless
    Internet Speed
    100 mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Security
I cannot understand why or why a great and powerful and extremely rich company like Microsoft cannot serve its users with a comprehensive engineered Backup/restore system for images as well as on the fly file-backups with versioning. It must be some damn-right dishonest conflict of interest scenario, because there is enough engineering excellence in MSFT.
 

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Windows 11, Linux, MAC OS (Most reliable), an...
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HMJ said:
I cannot understand why or why a great and powerful and extremely rich company like Microsoft cannot serve its users with a comprehensive engineered Backup/restore system for images as well as on the fly file-backups with versioning. It must be some damn-right dishonest conflict of interest scenario, because there is enough engineering excellence in MSFT.
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Well they had a go with W7 but it wasn't very well thought out and not very reliable.
 

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Windows 10 version 22H2 and W11 Dev.i7 7500U8GBNVIDIA Geforce 940MX
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Windows 10 version 22H2 and W11 Dev.
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Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP
CPU
i7 7500U
Motherboard
HP
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 940MX
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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Internal 256GB Samsung SSD plus UB3/2 attached 500GB Samsung SSD, 256GB WD SSD, 3TB WD HDD, 2TB WD HDD. 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and 7GB Network storage
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Logitech M705
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Why would the company offer something that could reduce their sales?
 

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Windows 11AMD Ryzen 9 3900X64 gigNvidia GTX 1080 ti
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Windows 11
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PC/Desktop
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Custom
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Motherboard
MSI ACE X570
Memory
64 gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 1080 ti
Sound Card
mother board sound hooked into a crazy home theater
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony Bravia 65 inch
Screen Resolution
4K
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2 each Samsung 980 pro gen 4 NVMe, 2 ea Corsair MP600 gen 4 NVMe, 2 each Western Digital SN850 NVMe, 1 Samsung 970 NVMe on a PCIe adapter, 2ea Samsung 860 SSD, all drives are 2 TB, a few spare spinners for back ups.
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Coolermaster 1000
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Coolermaster 932
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Seagrams VO
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mx5500
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Razor
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Raid
HMJ said:
I cannot understand why or why a great and powerful and extremely rich company like Microsoft cannot serve its users with a comprehensive engineered Backup/restore system for images as well as on the fly file-backups with versioning. It must be some damn-right dishonest conflict of interest scenario, because there is enough engineering excellence in MSFT.
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Because the EU and UK competition authorities would cry 'foul' and block it from being included due to it being anti-competitive beahviour
 

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (RP channel)AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-core64GB Corsair Titanium 6000/CL30MSI Suprim 5080 SOC
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (RP channel)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
MSI
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-core
Motherboard
MEG X870E Godlike
Memory
64GB Corsair Titanium 6000/CL30
Graphics Card(s)
MSI Suprim 5080 SOC
Sound Card
Soundblaster AE-9
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS TUF Gaming VG289Q
Screen Resolution
3840x2160
Hard Drives
Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB (gen 5 x4, system drive/games)
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Samsung 870 Evo 4TB
Samsung 870 Evo 2TB
Samsung T9 4TB
PSU
Seasonic PX-2200
Case
Bequiet! Dark Base Pro 901
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15S Chromax black
Keyboard
Logitech G915 X (wired)
Mouse
Logitech G903 with PowerPlay charger
Internet Speed
900Mb/sec
Browser
Microsoft Edge
Antivirus
Windows Defender
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