Windows 10: Macrium Reflect- Free vs. Windows 10 drive imaging

Discus and support Macrium Reflect- Free vs. Windows 10 drive imaging in Windows 10 Backup and Restore to solve the problem; I may need to wipe my HDD to trial Neverware. I want to make sure I can get back my legal installation of Windows 10 Pro on this computer. What are... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Backup and Restore' started by SJMaye, Apr 5, 2016.

  1. SJMAYE
    SJMaye Win User

    Macrium Reflect- Free vs. Windows 10 drive imaging


    I may need to wipe my HDD to trial Neverware. I want to make sure I can get back my legal installation of Windows 10 Pro on this computer.

    What are my options? Built-in Win10 or something like Macrium?

    :)
     
    SJMaye, Apr 5, 2016
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  2. GREG CARMACK - WINDOWS MVP
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP Win User

    Boot disc System Image Recover not possible from USB

    What I'd do is not bother with WIndows imaging in this case, since it frequently won't recover to a new hard drive anyway. Instead plug back in the old hard drive and create an image using the best free app

    Macrium Reflect is a Free and Easy To Use Backup Utility     along with it's Rescue Disk, then swap out the hard drives and boot the disk to restore to it, fully automated and failure-free.

    Restoring a System image from Windows
     
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP, Apr 5, 2016
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  3. CRAIGLONG
    CraigLong Win User
    CraigLong, Apr 5, 2016
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  4. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User

    Macrium Reflect- Free vs. Windows 10 drive imaging

    I had to look up what Neverware is, but why not just run it in a virtual machine? This way, after you try it out, it isn't going to affect your main OS.
     
    DeaconFrost, Apr 5, 2016
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  5. EDWIN
    Edwin New Member
    Or, click on their 'Dual Boot' option to learn more.

    (Wonder if it's like 'Remix'?)
     
    Edwin, Apr 5, 2016
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  6. SJMAYE
    SJMaye Win User
    I would be glad to try. The Neverware install boots off a USB stick. It offers two installation options: Standalone- which deletes the entire hard drive and DualBoot- allows you to keep your current OS installation, but limited numbers of computers have been able to use this.

    I have heard of Virtual Machine, but I really know little about how to set it up. Can you give me some pointers? I am willing to give it a try.
     
    SJMaye, Apr 5, 2016
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  7. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member
    Search for Oracle VM Virtualbox - freeware. Top result (probably)
     
    dalchina, Apr 5, 2016
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  8. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User

    Macrium Reflect- Free vs. Windows 10 drive imaging

    VirtualBox and VMWare Player are probably the two most common options, and are both free. Basically, you install the software, then configure a virtual machine. It's very straightforward and doesn't affect the host (main) system.

    Here is a link to their own forums regarding virtual machine use.

    Virtual Machine Use CloudReady
     
    DeaconFrost, Apr 5, 2016
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  9. SJMAYE
    SJMaye Win User
    Wow. I am going to try this. Thank you for the replies.
     
    SJMaye, Apr 5, 2018
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