- Apr 2, 2018
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Macrium Reflect Home: Annual Plan
- Thread starter silversurfer
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Veeam Free is reliable, but it installs additional SQL files. Its incremental backup speed is like Aomei or slower. I recommend trying Hasleo instead. It is reliable, fast, and has a neat interface.
- Nov 10, 2017
- 3,250
From now on since Macrium free is no longer who have been using it for while that they move to Hasleo backup in this forums not sure
- Apr 19, 2017
- 249
I think Macrium is going to kill the one-time purchase by making it a very bad deal, there's no black friday discount for one-time purchase this year, annual plan get 50% off and 6 months extra.
- Apr 2, 2018
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Whelp, I am going to keep using aomei free backupper. It is unfortunately to see Macrium dropped support for their free home version completely.
- Apr 5, 2021
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It would currently cost me $208 CDN for the one-time workstation purchase. Too rich for my blood
- Nov 10, 2017
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I think you can try check on the website seller as Amazon or something like this see if they have One-Time Purchase
- May 3, 2015
- 1,760
Macrium just made me decide to never upgrade to version 9 when it comes out. I will use version 8 while it works and when it doesn't anymore I will check other products.
- May 26, 2014
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- Apr 13, 2013
- 3,224
I currently have Macrium Workstation installed as a redundant to my primary Imaging solution (Veritas System Recovery). This may change as Macrium has failed to recover the system couple of times during my quarterly Disaster Recovery drills.
I've begun an extended trial of Hasleo Backup Suite as a possible replacement for Macrium. Although its way too early to make an informed judgement, so far I have been more impressed with it than I though I would be.
I've begun an extended trial of Hasleo Backup Suite as a possible replacement for Macrium. Although its way too early to make an informed judgement, so far I have been more impressed with it than I though I would be.
- Apr 5, 2021
- 621
Maybe Ophelia did something to your hard drive that Macrium simply can't deal with
All kidding aside, this is at least somewhat alarming to see, as I use MR free for imaging Windows. I had to restore once with it and luckily it worked, but this is some cause for concern. I'll probably try a different solution down the road, since the free edition will no longer receive any updates. Btw, I had a bad experience with Clonezilla recently ahen attempting to restore an image of openSUSE Linux with it. I can't remember the error, but it was an epic failure to restore. It just goes to show that there doesn't seem to be anything that can be counted on to be 100% reliable.
- Mar 30, 2022
- 306
I've been using the paid version of Macrium Reflect for about two years and have successfully restored the system a few dozen times. I have never had a malfunction so far.
With any software lies a chance of corruption, one should always have several contingencies.
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- Mar 23, 2021
- 57
I never had any malfunction either with Acronis,Aomei etc.until i had one.I think any software can in some particular instance fail.
Now I had reached my tranquillity for the past 3 years with one Macrium paid and four free ones (never malfunctions,but easier management) when Macrium decided to practically ditch the free ones.
Some work to do next year. If cruelsister finds Hasleo Backup Suite worth a dance i might try that.
Now I had reached my tranquillity for the past 3 years with one Macrium paid and four free ones (never malfunctions,but easier management) when Macrium decided to practically ditch the free ones.
Some work to do next year. If cruelsister finds Hasleo Backup Suite worth a dance i might try that.
- Oct 22, 2018
- 591
I'd been doing a lot of "testing" on backup software, just out of curiosity and for something to do. Over the past couple of months, until I lost my wife three weeks ago, I tried many of the various brands. For me, on this laptop, Aomei Backupper has proven itself. Macrium has not failed but is just a bit slower to both backup and restore. I was planning to try Hasleo, but didn't get to it.
- Nov 19, 2014
- 2,350
Sorry for your loss.
I am using AOMEI pro but it's kind of buggy. Sometimes it forgets backup jobs and I must recreate them; the UI decides to not show edit option for backup jobs. In general, the backup and restore works well.
Macrium reflect is a no go as hate subscriptions and they are pushing for that. Same with Acronis.
Veeam is great if you don't need much (1 backup job) or want to go to the hassle to find their pricing which they don't even show. Probably targeting enterprise users only.
My next test would be Hasleo but I need to understand their business model first before anything.
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- Oct 22, 2018
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Thank you for the thought.
No trouble of any kind with Aomei. It's my main go to just because it works flawlessly on this old laptop, which now has Win 10, although I do have my beloved Win 8.1 saved on an external. I also back up with Macrium weekly, so essentially have 2 current backups. Aomei just proves to be slightly faster each time. I save 3 backups of each.
I think eventually I will drop Macrium since, like you, I simply will not pay a monthly fee to use a product.
No trouble of any kind with Aomei. It's my main go to just because it works flawlessly on this old laptop, which now has Win 10, although I do have my beloved Win 8.1 saved on an external. I also back up with Macrium weekly, so essentially have 2 current backups. Aomei just proves to be slightly faster each time. I save 3 backups of each.
I think eventually I will drop Macrium since, like you, I simply will not pay a monthly fee to use a product.
- Apr 5, 2021
- 621
There is a one-time Workstation purchase option, with an annual support renewal fee available, although it's quite expensive.
- May 27, 2013
- 339
I ditched Macrium Home version for Hasleo And I'm afraid to say I won't be going back to Macrium.
Hasleo Does everything I need For free And so far, version 4 works verry well
And I'm afraid to say I won't be going back to Macrium.Hasleo Does everything I need For free And so far, version 4 works verry well
- Mar 10, 2023
- 147
This is very sad indeed. I waited for the Black Friday discount, only to see that the One-Time Purchase wasn't discounted at all. The annual plan is not good enough for home users in my opinion and I don't need 4 computers plans. I will stay with the free version for now and will decide how to proceed later on.
