Maurice Helwig wrote:
On 19/11/2017 5:25 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
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?

Thanks, I will tread carefully here I think, as I have version 6 working
well here so no hurry.
I do not use back up jobs. I simply do a full back up of my "C" drive as
needed and store them on a backup caddy for safe keeping.


The word on the street is that "Version 7 is faster".
("Faster than what".)

Don't forget to wind your stopwatch before
you test and verify that :-) I don't have a
plan at the moment, to test for that.

The Macrium "new" version understands all the metadata
from the old versions (a "new" Macrium has always restored
any old files I feed it). I think they put a decent effort into
their migration from major release to next major release.
If it weren't so, there's be a big red warning where
you download it.

In terms of planning, their team is pretty good. They might not
have the industries "best" GUI, but they make up for it
by not corrupting anything. I'll take that any day.

Paul