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TraderGary said:

I have, on occasion, mounted an image in Microsoft Edge and copied a file or two that I needed

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I have opened Macrium images directly in File Explorer more times than I could count, sometimes to just get a file or an older version of a file, sometimes to copy an entire folder back when a software update goes wonky, and sometimes just to check to see whether the properties of a file are the same in the image as they are in my current version. MR is a great safety net.

Wisewiz said:

I have opened Macrium images directly in File Explorer more times than I could count, sometimes to just get a file or an older version of a file, sometimes to copy an entire folder back when a software update goes wonky, and sometimes just to check to see whether the properties of a file are the same in the image as they are in my current version. MR is a great safety net.

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You quoted me before I changed Edge to File Explorer. Sometimes my fingers get ahead of my brain.

My main backup for years has been my data and photos in OneDrive. I can replace anything but my data and photos. I've used only laptops for 25 years and keep everything in my 1 terabyte C: drive. I like that I can do a complete MR drive image in just 5 minutes while I'm doing something else.

TraderGary said:

My nightly Macrium Reflect images are my fail-safe. In all the time I've used Macrium Reflect, I have yet to actually restore an image. Although I have, on occasion, mounted an image in Microsoft File Explorer and copied a file or two that I needed.

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I do something very similar, except at the opposite side of the day. My system automatically powers on in the morning, then the daily backup is scheduled for 5 minutes after power on. This way, when I start my day, a backup has already been performed before I can go and mess anything up .

I actually do 2 separate backups with Reflect. First it performs an image backup of the C: drive (incremental daily, full image on Sundays). After the image backup, all my critical data is backed up as a file and folder backup rather than a disk image backup. Same thing with it: Incremental daily, full backup on Sundays.

Then, as an extra layer of protection, I sync all my important data to multiple other systems using FreeFileSync. On those destinations, all changed files are saved as previous versions in an archive folder and maintained for one year. One of those destinations is an all-purpose 1 TB USB Flash Drive that is my last resort recovery disk. From that UFD I can boot and install multiple different versions of Windows, boot my Macrium Reflect recovery disk, and more.

About once a month I do bit-by-bit comparisons of my original data with replicated data.

I've had some close calls over the years, so I'm maybe excessively aggressive in protecting my data .

@Ghot

Quote: "You can never have too much backup."

4 machines [3 Win11, 1 Win10], no issues seen yet.