Solved Thanks Macrium V8 --Brilliant piece of software


Sounds like you like an app that's constantly "updated", like Windows update? I know I don't.
I like an app where the support is proactive and responds to a bug report from users within hours, and can issue a patch for all users within a day. I have personal experience of just how efficient Paramount Software's support is, having found an obsure bug and reported it.
 

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    Windows 11 Home
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    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
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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
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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 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.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
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    0T6M8G
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    8GB
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
I don't like people say: xxx is the best xxx software. At least, you should add: in my opinion, or in my experience. Otherwise, you should provide solid data, comparison before you make such claims.

For example, my experience with Macrium Reflect is not good at all. One time it even rendered my HDD not recognizable in WinPE after a backup/restore operation. IMO, Terabyte Image for Windows is the best between speed/compression ratio with superb reliability. For me it's the best but I don't shout around on this forum. This is not what this forums is supposed to be used. This is not a market where you advertise your favorite app with a dedicated thread with just your user experience without solid data support. It's OK it casually mention it in discussion how you feel about it, but posts such as this one should be discouraged, to say the least.
I've used Image for Windows a few years ago, and I agree it was great and worked 100% of the time. I then tried Macruim free which worked just as well, but with a friendlier interface and Macrium has never failed me in over 5 years or so (I always make a boot USB and use that for restore).

You are correct in saying that peoples experience differs, but why not share that experience ? if it had not been for people sharing i would never have learnt about Libreoffice, Macrium, Filezilla, etc, For one i will always be grateful that people share their experiences especially people who are trusted members of any forum.
 

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    Windows 11 (Pro)
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    PC/Desktop
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    Scan Vengeance
    CPU
    i7 8700K
    Motherboard
    ROG Strix Z370F Gaming
    Memory
    16GB Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 1070Ti
    Sound Card
    Onboard / Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BENQ GL2450
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 960 ProM=M.2 NVE 250GB
    1x Samsung SSD 860Pro SSD 250GB
    1x WD 2GB Spinner
    PSU
    Corsair 550w
    Case
    Fractual Mesh
    Cooling
    Corsair water cooling H100i v2
    Keyboard
    Microsoft keyboard and mouse combo
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
@jimbo45

I am using Macrium Reflect V8 free. Could you tell me how it differ from the pay version?

BTW for what its is worth, thanks to the assistance of this forums members I got the hang on using macrium reflect. Some consider Reflect to be for advanced user, and that maybe but if I am learning quicker than I thought to use it, it speaks volumes for the product.
 

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    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
@Pulcinella

From what I can see from my own research as I am looking into upgrading is everything in Free, plus:
  • Rapid Delta Clone and Restore
  • Intra-daily backup scheduling
  • Oracle VirtualBox
  • Ransomware protection and encryption
  • Incremental imaging
  • Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware with ReDeploy
  • 1 year technical support
  • Lifetime license - no subscription or renewals
  • Free minor version upgrades
Hopefully someone will update and correct me if I am wrong, before I upgrade.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build-22631.3374
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Intel S1200 Core i3 10105
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S1200 MicroATX B560M DS3H DDR4
    Memory
    32.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GT710 2GB PCIe Video Card
    Sound Card
    Realtek® Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual Acer 24in
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial P1 M.2 PCIe SSD
    PSU
    500W
    Case
    Thermaltake ATX Versa H21 Case
    Cooling
    Internal fans by (3)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 850
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless mouse
    Internet Speed
    50Mbps / 20Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebyte
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    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build-22631.3374
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built Test-PC
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS S1150 MicroATX B85M-E
    Memory
    12.0 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Video Card
    Sound Card
    Integrated Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Chimei 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    120GB WD 2.5" Green SATA 6Gb/s SSD
    1TB WD 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue
    PSU
    400W
    Case
    Cougar MicroATX MG100 Case Black
    Cooling
    Deepcool 120mm Case Fan
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless mouse
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless keyboard
    Internet Speed
    50Mbps / 20Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    Only running Win 11 on this PC for test purposes
@Pulcinella

From what I can see from my own research as I am looking into upgrading is everything in Free, plus:
  • Rapid Delta Clone and Restore
  • Intra-daily backup scheduling
  • Oracle VirtualBox
  • Ransomware protection and encryption
  • Incremental imaging
  • Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware with ReDeploy
  • 1 year technical support
  • Lifetime license - no subscription or renewals
  • Free minor version upgrades
Hopefully someone will update and correct me if I am wrong, before I upgrade.
The Oracle Virtualbox vm option for Viboot applies to Free version as well.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Vivobook 14
    CPU
    I7
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
    PSU
    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
    Browser
    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0
@jimbo45

I am using Macrium Reflect V8 free. Could you tell me how it differ from the pay version?

BTW for what its is worth, thanks to the assistance of this forums members I got the hang on using macrium reflect. Some consider Reflect to be for advanced user, and that maybe but if I am learning quicker than I thought to use it, it speaks volumes for the product.
Hi there
The "Deploy Image to different hardware" is great -- it can of course often be done manually but a 1 click solution is good.

Features :


Also where did you get Macrium Free V8. AFAIK there's "No such Animal" unless you used the trial verson of V8 and let it expire.

BTW compared with V7 it really does do backups and restores a lot faster and V7 wasn't a slouch either.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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  • OS
    Windows XP,7,10,11 Linux Arch Linux
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    2 X Intel i7
Hi there
The "Deploy Image to different hardware" is great -- it can of course often be done manually but a 1 click solution is good.

Features :


Also where did you get Macrium Free V8. AFAIK there's "No such Animal" unless you used the trial verson of V8 and let it expire.

BTW compared with V7 it really does do backups and restores a lot faster and V7 wasn't a slouch either.

Cheers
jimbo
I don't remember how I got a registration code. Quite long time back I guess from some website. I have one also for Paragon but I really do not like that.
Anyway maybe it was W 10 or the way my system was setup prior to a clean install of W 11. I could not get any backup product to work, Windows own included.
Lately with the help of some of you guys here, lot of help, I got Macrium to do what I wanted it to do. I am very thankful indeed.
When I downloaded V7 I was prompted to register and after at startup there came an update prompt to V8. It may expire if it is a trial, but it does not seems to be.
You should be able to see from my screenshot on previuos post that it is a free V8 version.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
@jimbo45

I am using Macrium Reflect V8 free. Could you tell me how it differ from the pay version?

BTW for what its is worth, thanks to the assistance of this forums members I got the hang on using macrium reflect. Some consider Reflect to be for advanced user, and that maybe but if I am learning quicker than I thought to use it, it speaks volumes for the product.
Hi there
The "Deploy Image to different hardware" is great -- it can of course often be done manually but a 1 click solution is good.

Features :


Also where did you get Macrium Free V8. AFAIK there's "No such Animal" unless you used the trial verson of V8 and let it expire.

Cheers
jimbo
@jimbo45 Here it say it is free.
Hi there
Thanks -- will try it on another machine which doesn't have a V8 license.

You deserve a rep -- not sure how to do it on this Forum !! but definitely a +1 for you

Cheers
jimbo
 

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    2 X Intel i7
@jimbo45
from what I recollect after downloading V8 from the link posted, at installation you should be prompted to register. Enter email and they should send a code. Or maybe they sent it to me because I used earlier subscription email. The code they sent me was my old one.
No harm trying I guess.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
Hi there
The "Deploy Image to different hardware" is great -- it can of course often be done manually but a 1 click solution is good.

Features :


Also where did you get Macrium Free V8. AFAIK there's "No such Animal" unless you used the trial verson of V8 and let it expire.

BTW compared with V7 it really does do backups and restores a lot faster and V7 wasn't a slouch either.

Cheers
jimbo
The deploy to new image is fine IF you have all the key drivers for new PC and have added to Rescue USB. It was great back in day of W7 (or 8 to some degree) but TBH with W10/11 you rarely need it anymore.

I have had cases where redeploy has failed as it did not hace drivers available.

It is easy enough to get drivers for new pc if it comes preinstalled but sometimes you need to get them from ouen website.

If one cannot afford Reflect Home, you can use this approach fir free.

1) make a custom iso of existing installation on old pc

2) download drivers for new pc (or extract from version on new pc if available)

3) inject drivers into install.wim from custom iso.

4) Install custim iso in new pc.

@ Kari (as usual) has written excellent tutorials on all of steps above.

I just could not get redeploy to sort all drivers out on new laptop using Reflect / redeploy of old laptop but then again, the
two device were very different.

Using the driver injection method, it worked first time. I attribute this to the far superior driver handling ovee old versions. W10 does not seem to care if you have a mixture of drivers from old and new pc - it just sorts out which it needs.

I cannot remember the last time I had to use sysprep to remove hardware drivers as you always had to do with tired old W7.

So yeah ReDeploy is good but I find you rarely need it these days.
 

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    Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
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    ASUS Vivobook 14
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    I7
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    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
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    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
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    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
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    Stella Artois
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    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
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    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0

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    Windows 11 Canary Channel
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec B746
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    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
    Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    750 Watts (62.5A)
    Case
    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
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    Logitech K270
    Mouse
    Logitech M185
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge and Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
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    Windows 11 Canary Channel
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec G156
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    Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
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    AsusTeK Prime B360M-S
    Memory
    16 MB DDR 4-2666
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz
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    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe
    Mouse
    Logitek M185
    Keyboard
    Logitek K270
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I wonder why a free version of 8 is available on Techspot while on the Macrium website they only list the trial version.
Hi,
If they made the free version easy to find nobody would feel obligated to buy it.
Frankly I don't think people realize all they need is the winpe recovery media lol
 

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    Win-7-10-11Pro's
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    PC/Desktop
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    Acer 17" Nitro 7840sn/ 2x16gb 5600c40/ 4060/ stock 1tb-os/ 4tb sn850x
    CPU
    10900k & 9940x & 5930k
    Motherboard
    z490-Apex & x299-Apex & x99-Sabertooth
    Memory
    Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb & Trident-Z 3600c16 4x8gb & 3200c14 4x8gb
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    Titan Xp & 1080ti FTW3 & evga 980ti gaming
    Sound Card
    Onboard Realtek x3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
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    1920-1080 not sure what the t.v is besides 43" class scales from 1920-1080 perfectly
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    2-WD-sn850x 4tb/ 970evo+500gb/ 980 pro 2tb.
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    1000p2 & 1200p2 & 850p2
    Case
    D450 x2 & 1 Test bench in cherry Entertainment center
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    Custom water loops x3 with 2x mora 360mm rads only 980ti gaming air cooled
    Keyboard
    G710+x3
    Mouse
    Redragon x3
    Internet Speed
    xfinity gigabyte
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    mbam pro
IMO If a program is good recommend it, if you say it's the best then it is obvious to everyone that it is your opinion, , if you don't like what people post ignore it. try the software and form your own opinion. I THINK Macrium is the best and it has a great reputation
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
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    Alienware M18 R1
    CPU
    13th Gen Core i9 13900HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 @4800MHz 2x16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Geforce RTX 4090HX 16GB
    Sound Card
    Nvidia HD / Realtek ALC3254
    Monitor(s) Displays
    18" QHD+
    Screen Resolution
    25660 X 1600
    Hard Drives
    C: KIOXIA (Toshiba) 2TB KXG80ZNV2T04 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
    D: KIOXIA (Toshiba) 2TB KXG80ZNV2T04 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
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    Dark Metallic Moon
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    Alienware M Series per-key AlienFX RGB
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    Alienware AW610M
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    Chrome and Firefox
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    Norton
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    Killer E3000 Ethernet Controller
    Killer Killer AX1690 Wi-Fi Network Adaptor Wi-Fi 6E
    Bluetooth 5.2
    Alienware Z01G Graphic Amplifier
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    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware Area 51m R2
    CPU
    10th Gen i-9 10900 K
    Memory
    32Gb Dual Channel DDR4 @ 8843MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia RTX 2080 Super
    Sound Card
    Nvidia
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Hard Drive C: Samsung 2TB SSD PM981a NVMe
    Hard Drive D:Samsung 2TB SSD 970 EVO Plus
    Mouse
    Alienware 610M
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton
IMO If a program is good recommend it, if you say it's the best then it is obvious to everyone that it is your opinion, , if you don't like what people post ignore it. try the software and form your own opinion. I THINK Macrium is the best and it has a great reputation
I think the problem was taken care of.
 

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    Windows 11 Canary Channel
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec B746
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
    Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    750 Watts (62.5A)
    Case
    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
    Keyboard
    Logitech K270
    Mouse
    Logitech M185
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge and Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec G156
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Motherboard
    AsusTeK Prime B360M-S
    Memory
    16 MB DDR 4-2666
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe
    Mouse
    Logitek M185
    Keyboard
    Logitek K270
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I am using Macrium Reflect V8 free. Could you tell me how it differ from the pay version?
@Pulcinella

From what I can see from my own research as I am looking into upgrading is everything in Free, plus:
  • Rapid Delta Clone and Restore
  • Intra-daily backup scheduling
  • Oracle VirtualBox
  • Ransomware protection and encryption
  • Incremental imaging
  • Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware with ReDeploy
  • 1 year technical support
  • Lifetime license - no subscription or renewals
  • Free minor version upgrades
Hopefully someone will update and correct me if I am wrong, before I upgrade.
As cereberus said, viBoot is included in Free, and in v8 it supports VirtualBox as well as Hyper-V that v7 supported.

In addition, the v8 Free edition get's all the same updates as the paid edition, so will upgrade automatically to any v8.n.nnnn version that may be released. The Free licence does not expire either, and allows for commercial use as well as home use.

I wonder why a free version of 8 is available on Techspot while on the Macrium website they only list the trial version.

Macrium have not officially released a v8 Free installer. Any 3rd-party download is therefore technically 'unofficial'. While it may be safe to install I would not trust it for that reason.

The Trial version of v8 can be downloaded from Macrium and will revert to Free at the end of the trial. If you already have a v8 Trial that has expired, or you have v8 Home and remove the installed key, then you can note down the v8 Free key. With this you can install the v8 Trial, then use its 'purchase' option to change the installed key to the v8 Free key. This will turn it into the Free edition immediately.

I have more PCs than I have licences for v8 Home, so I use v8 Free on most of the rest, or still use v7 Free on a couple.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    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 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.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
I have more PCs than I have licences for v8 Home, so I use v8 Free on most of the rest, or still use v7 Free on a couple.
You just reminded me that I had two keys left from the four license pack. I just updated my old desktop to Version 8
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec B746
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
    Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    750 Watts (62.5A)
    Case
    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
    Keyboard
    Logitech K270
    Mouse
    Logitech M185
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge and Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec G156
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Motherboard
    AsusTeK Prime B360M-S
    Memory
    16 MB DDR 4-2666
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe
    Mouse
    Logitek M185
    Keyboard
    Logitek K270
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I wonder why a free version of 8 is available on Techspot while on the Macrium website they only list the trial version.
The free version you see is not official. There free version always follows a few months later. It is possible Reflect policy has changed i.e. trial version which converts to free. Malwarebytes changed to this model.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Vivobook 14
    CPU
    I7
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
    PSU
    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
    Browser
    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0
I wonder why a free version of 8 is available on Techspot while on the Macrium website they only list the trial version.
The free version you see is not official. There free version always follows a few months later. It is possible Reflect policy has changed i.e. trial version which converts to free.

If past behaviour is anything to go by, then v8 Free won't be released until 6-7 months after the launch of v8. That's what Macrium did with the release of v7, anyway.

According to the release notes v7 was released at the end of February 2017....

Macrium Reflect v7.0.1994 - 27th February 2017 - Initial Release
Macrium Reflect Patch Details

...and according to the Wayback Machine's archived pages for Macrium Reflect Free, v6 was still being offered in September 2017....

Reflect Free v6
Current Version: 6.3.1835 (26th June 2017)
Macrium Software | Your Image is Everything (20 Sep 2017)

...the first recorded appearance of v7 Free was on the 2nd October 2017.

Reflect Free v7
Current Version: 7.1.2614 (29th September 2017)
Macrium Software | Your Image is Everything (02 Oct 2017)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    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 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.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
V 8 free is available also from official mirror on Majorgeeks.
BTW I am unable to trace back where I read it from but it was from a Macrium Reflect representative, maybe on Reddit couple of weeks ago.
He said that soon V 8 free shall be available. Could it be that some well known apps site got the head start?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte

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