Windows 10: What is your favorite disk imaging/backup software for Windows 10?

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  1. mfessler Win User

    What is your favorite disk imaging/backup software for Windows 10?


    Hello everybody,

    please tell me, what is your preferred imaging software to backup individual devices in the private environment?
    No databases, exchange or similar just a typical private PC.

    Small, fast, reliable, differential backups would be nice, live (from the running Windows), well customizable - backup scheme, log files, schedule or when shutting down ... the usual things.

    The most common use case will be: Backup with or before shutdown to an external hard drive.
    Restore individual files or completely on the same device using Win RE/PE or, if necessary, a own rescue medium.

    I now pinch my experiences with one or the other tool - just to see what suggestions may come up.

    Many thanks,
    greetings

    Martin

    :)
     
    mfessler, Jun 21, 2020
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  2. Kursah Win User

    Reliable backup software for Windows 7?

    If you want to backup to a standard format, Comodo allows it, and I'm sure the rest do as well.. even using 7z or ZIP. The problem you'll find is that they take up more space than proprietary formatting and in my experience take longer as well. I think you're trying to over-complicate something you want to be simple in all honesty man. No offense meant by that, but I feel you're trying too hard to minimize what you backup...what is the size of the data you want to backup?

    As I said before, a system image is going to be the largest and easiest, I realize you want to narrow it down and you can do that with pretty much everything suggested here, including Windows Backup. If you were on Windows 8 or newer, it's backup is just a file-for-file backup and between that and shadow copies you'd be set. I really like it for quick and easy access without needing any image software (though Win8+ natively mounts and accesses ISO's). Plus it keeps track of changed files and backs them up using spare/idle resources. Maybe this is the answer you seek...

    What's stopping you from upgrading to Windows 10?

    Honestly something like Macrium works well even with it's proprietary format for image access, super easy to mount, like an ISO, but you gotta have Macrium installed of course...similar to the rest of these software packages...that's part of their catch. I feel what you ask for doesn't happen any more, it would ruin good marketing opportunities and probably cause infringement on managing backup images with other software...no bueno when bottom lines count.
     
    Kursah, Jun 21, 2020
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  3. suraswami Win User
    Best "Disk Image" Software (Poll)

    Also include Avanquest's Perfect Image to the list. And they have few other backup solutions too.
     
    suraswami, Jun 21, 2020
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    What is your favorite disk imaging/backup software for Windows 10?

    Restoring Windows 10 Image using Macrium Reflect


    In addition to the above. Here's my suggestion in step by step.
    I assume you have Macrium Installed in your current HD and already made a backup copy.
    1. Connect your new HD via USB port and boot up.
    2. Run Macrium, click on Restore tab then select the Backup Image that you made to restore
    3. click on "select a different target disk" then select your new HD as destination

      What is your favorite disk imaging/backup software for Windows 10? [​IMG]
    4. Proceed to restore then Shutdown and disconnect the old HD and replace with the new HD
    5. Boot up with your new HD.
     
    topgundcp, Jun 21, 2020
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