My laptop is seven years old (SATA I) and I have a lot of data on a slowish drive (~1TB on a 2TB, 5400 RPM drive), and my clonings currently take around 4.25 hours. I use Macrium Reflect 5 Free on my laptop to clone my system/data drive to a secondary drive (in a multipurpose bay) once a month, before Patch Tuesday. Some users may find it useful as it may speed up the job creation process.Ĭheck out our review of Macrium Reflect 5 for additional information about the backup software. The backup plan template on the other hand is limited to a single plan. The introduction of differential images in the free version improve it a lot as it provides free users with options to save storage space and time when backups care created.Īuto-verification is another important feature that improves the program further as it makes sure that the backup image is not corrupt or erroneous in other ways. Incrementals forever which consolidates old incremental files in a single delta.
GFS backup template with backup chain protection. Rapid Delta Clone and Restore (improves cloning and restoration times by 90% or more according to Macrium). Creation of custom backup plans and pre-defined backup plan templates. The paid versions of Macrium Reflect have received additional features of interest. This adds a verification level to the job but prolongs the entire process. The backup program verifies the integrity of backups right after they have been created on the system. You may still modify the selection, for instance to change when full or differential backup jobs run or for how long backups are kept before they are deleted automatically.Ī click on advanced options on the same page lists additional preferences including the new auto verification option of Macrium Reflect 6. I doubt I'll have to clone anything soon, and I was wondering whether these processes actually do anything aside from eating some of my memory and bloating my startup.īottom line is, I want to get rid of it, will it impact anything? I have a lot of stuff on here that I can't afford to lose and can't reinstall.A job consists of a schedule and retention rules that it defines automatically. It's also running three different processes (the main program, a UI watcher and some utility service). I kept macrium installed after I was done because I'm lazy, but it REALLY REALLY wants to update now, it keeps reminding me every twenty minutes. I faintly remember reading somewhere that macrium solves these boot issues? by running in the background? I have No Idea Whatsoever, to be honest, and my research was so long ago that I lost all the sources. However, I know that cloned boot drives can sometimes mess up, and I did some research before cloning. I cloned my old hdd to a new ssd and it works perfectly.
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