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What is the best replacement for Macrium Reflect
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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1103345" data-attributes="member: 114717"><p>It is simple arithmetic. What you pay for Macrium is not worth what you get. There's a bunch of features that are not needed. My "install" - whatever that means - there are various devices configured differently based upon functionality.</p><p></p><p>It is commonly parroted that Macrium is so reliable, and yet in testing it has proven to fail many times when it was needed most. My experience, and others' experience, is that Macrium is no more reliable than the typical backup-imaging-disaster recovery solution.</p><p></p><p>Heck, the built-in Windows 7 Backup utility has been more reliable than Macrium when it comes to restoring an image.</p><p></p><p>I can clean install and run a script to reinstall and load configurations into all software and that process is done within 30 minutes. It completely configures networking and the rest. An image backup & restore solution is not needed. Most people that use one do it for no good reason. The only thing they really need to protect are their valuable files. When I begin to ask people what they are really backing up, it is not their cherished family digital photo album and PhD research & thesis. It turns out to be spank bank porn collections, stolen movies, pirated games, illegal game mods, etc.</p><p></p><p>I get the human being lazy part, but paying the Macrium annual subscription just because a person is too lazy to do an hour or less of system rebuild is a bit much. It's a waste of money. Well, perhaps not if the person is still using obsolete HDD as the primary\OS drive.</p><p></p><p>The thing I know about backup & disaster recovery solutions is that people (and businesses) pay a lot of money for these software - whose publishers market their product through the use of fear-doubt-uncertainty (FUD). Only to find out they don't work when you need them the most. Businesses are a bit different. They have a maximum tolerable data loss (MTDL) threshold whereas home users - unless they are running servers and conducting biz from home - usually do not have.</p><p></p><p>I found disaster recovery to be best performed by a clean install of the OS and rebuilding the system. As a matter of fact, I do it on all systems every 2 to 3 years. I rarely spend more than half a day doing it on multiple workstations and various servers.</p><p></p><p>Edit - I just noticed that everybody says "Use this coz it is free." Says a lot. Nobody is defending overpriced, inflexible packaged paid Macrium.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1103345, member: 114717"] It is simple arithmetic. What you pay for Macrium is not worth what you get. There's a bunch of features that are not needed. My "install" - whatever that means - there are various devices configured differently based upon functionality. It is commonly parroted that Macrium is so reliable, and yet in testing it has proven to fail many times when it was needed most. My experience, and others' experience, is that Macrium is no more reliable than the typical backup-imaging-disaster recovery solution. Heck, the built-in Windows 7 Backup utility has been more reliable than Macrium when it comes to restoring an image. I can clean install and run a script to reinstall and load configurations into all software and that process is done within 30 minutes. It completely configures networking and the rest. An image backup & restore solution is not needed. Most people that use one do it for no good reason. The only thing they really need to protect are their valuable files. When I begin to ask people what they are really backing up, it is not their cherished family digital photo album and PhD research & thesis. It turns out to be spank bank porn collections, stolen movies, pirated games, illegal game mods, etc. I get the human being lazy part, but paying the Macrium annual subscription just because a person is too lazy to do an hour or less of system rebuild is a bit much. It's a waste of money. Well, perhaps not if the person is still using obsolete HDD as the primary\OS drive. The thing I know about backup & disaster recovery solutions is that people (and businesses) pay a lot of money for these software - whose publishers market their product through the use of fear-doubt-uncertainty (FUD). Only to find out they don't work when you need them the most. Businesses are a bit different. They have a maximum tolerable data loss (MTDL) threshold whereas home users - unless they are running servers and conducting biz from home - usually do not have. I found disaster recovery to be best performed by a clean install of the OS and rebuilding the system. As a matter of fact, I do it on all systems every 2 to 3 years. I rarely spend more than half a day doing it on multiple workstations and various servers. Edit - I just noticed that everybody says "Use this coz it is free." Says a lot. Nobody is defending overpriced, inflexible packaged paid Macrium. [/QUOTE]
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