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1467193	2020-03-05 01:26:00	I haven't actually had to use an OS backup since I went to windows 8 (jumped on the cheap upgrade option when it was introduced, then upgraded to 10 for free later). And having had such a long stretch of windows running fine my backup strategies have fallen behind. Also I'm pretty good at reinstalling :) Windows 10 fresh install is pretty quick from USB 3 to SSD, then install a couple of my main programs and away I go. The rest gets sorted out as I get to it over a few weeks. So I do file backups, which doesn't need any special software, and occasionally do a system image when something like this reminds me.	dugimodo (138)
1467194	2020-03-05 03:04:00	So I do file backups, which doesn't need any special software, and occasionally do a system image when something like this reminds me. a copy & paste to the backup drive ? not something I'd want to rely on (but still better than nothing) Copy & paste backups can fail to copy :-) ideally , you want something that will spit out error reports on any backup issues The backup is for worst case scenarios' , so it has to work every time . Ive had recoveries fail due to backups that didnt really work 100% , or the backup device/media failed .	1101 (13337)
1467195	2020-03-05 03:11:00	thanks wainui for posting instructions for Macrium Reflect, very much appreciated. I hope Smithie38 and PeterE find their way to this thread as they were also interested.	bellbird (6169)
1467196	2020-03-05 04:33:00	Hi wainui I have read your comments, which clarify some things for me and am very interested. Have also read the link, where some things were pretty clear to me and some quite hazy. My knowledge is limited, but I know from the past that you will bear with me. My initial questions are: 1 Do mirroring (more common term, I understand) and "reflecting" mean substantially the same in this instance? 2 The emphasis seems to be on incremental, rather than differential backups in Macrium, which seems good in my limited experience? 3 Are the Operating system, programs, etc, treated the same way/or different than data in Macrium? 4 If the answer to item 3 is that they are treated the same, then are there any disadvantages/advantages to this?	Misty (368)
1467197	2020-03-05 05:10:00	Hi wainui I have read your comments, which clarify some things for me and am very interested. Have also read the link, where some things were pretty clear to me and some quite hazy. My knowledge is limited, but I know from the past that you will bear with me. My initial questions are: 1 Do mirroring (more common term, I understand) and "reflecting" mean substantially the same in this instance? 2 The emphasis seems to be on incremental, rather than differential backups in Macrium, which seems good in my limited experience? 3 Are the Operating system, programs, etc, treated the same way/or different than data in Macrium? 4 If the answer to item 3 is that they are treated the same, then are there any disadvantages/advantages to this? Hi Misty, 1. Mirroring / Cloning is an exact copy, same size as original, so if you were to mirror a Drive, disconnect the original, plug in the mirror it would boot and run exactly the same as original. Not to sure where the "reflecting" comes in as far as I know its only the Name. The difference between Mirror and Image is a Mirror is only on one drive, where as many "images" (Basically a single file) you can have as many as the drive will hold. 2. Nope its the other way around ( on the free Version as I been using / Describing) It does differential backups fine, but if you want the incremental you have to buy the paid Version, this is the message you get if you select incremental: 10222 3. The Image is a snapshot of the WHOLE computer, operating system, programs, Data ( infections) ;) the whole thing. The advantage of this is if a drive fails or you need to reinstall everything is there, The Whole OS, Data Programs etc. So lets say my office PC HDD died before tonight's automatic backup, all I would lose in the "image" is anything that's been done since last night, BUT I have other programs that back up certain files / Folders to other locations so it would take around 30 minutes to drop the last backup in on a blank drive and be fully up and going again as if nothing had happened. Again Macrium will do separate files /Folders But only the paid versions: 10223 For some separate folders/files I use both One Drive ( built in) and EaseUS EverySync going to another Different Server, Got a free Full copy from one of the Giveaway sites, there is a free version but has some features limited. www.easeus.com To Quote from that Site: EaseUS file sync program makes data backup & file sync on your time-based schedule and automates syncs to run in real-time when there is any change to your data.	wainuitech (129)
1467198	2020-03-05 19:49:00	@Misty just in case I confused tings in the other thread, when I mentioned mirroring there I was talking about real time mirroring which duplicates changes you make on the backup as well basically straight away. One of the least reliable types of backup IMHO because of the potential to damage or lose both the original and the backup at the same time. As for how I do my file backups mentioned earlier, it was all automated between 2 NAS devices using Rsync but the backup NAS had unsuitable drives which failed so currently no backup is happening. Prior to that I had the PC backing up the NAS to an internal drive using Robocopy and windows scheduler. Right now I'm trying to decide what files are important and how much of a backup I need so I can come up with a new strategy. One problem I have is I store a lot of unimportant files which I prefer not to lose but which are not critical if I do. Trying to back everything up requires a lot of disk space and gets expensive so I was using a pair of 4TB seagate green drives I already had, one of which is now faulty, to back up the 8TB NAS storage. I really need to rationalise what I back up.	dugimodo (138)
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