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Old November 19th 17, 07:25 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Re Macrium Reflect version 7 -- Instalation

Maurice Helwig wrote:

I have the free Version 6 installed and today it indicated that version
7 was now available.
Can I download version 7 and install it over version 6, or would it be
better to uninstall version 6 (and the PE3 files) an do a fresh install
of version 7 and the PE3 files too.


What about backup jobs that you've defined within Reflect, especially if
you scheduled them to run? I would expect an uninstall to wipe all job
definitions and scheduled events in Task Manager.

I am using Macrium Reflect Free 6.3.1835 but have not gotten a
notification about an upgrade to version 7. Then I remembered that I
have it configured to check once a month as I don't need to be bothered
with software updates for software that is already working. When I run
a manual update check (Other Tasks - Check for updates), I am only
offered an update to 6.3.1849 (that only has a couple of security
updates), not to version 7.

Last time I looked at version 7 (where I would download it and perform a
manual upgrade from 6 to 7), there wasn't anything of real interest to
me. The rootkit feature to intercept file I/O calls to the backup files
to protect them from ransomware is available ONLY in the payware
version. Virtualization of backup images is only usable if you load
them in a VM (virtual machine), like MS Hypervisor. Don't need
compatibility with Windows 10's Task Scheduler since, as per this
newsgroup, I'm still back on Windows 7 for my home PC. Don't care that
licensing of the free version is now expanded to commercial use since
I'm only using this software on my home PC. So what would version 7
give me, or you?
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