On Fri, 18 May 2018 04:18:00 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

On 18/05/2018 03:06, Peter Kozlov wrote:
I don't mean to hijack your thread at all. I ran into this post by
luck. I just happened to be looking to backup two Windows 10 machines.
I bought 64 GB USB thumb drives so I could make a system restore drive
in case Windows fails to boot. I'd like to make a full backup that
includes a method booting such that the backup can be read and
restored. As a bonus I'd like to be able to image the full system SSD
and clone it to a larger SSD in the future. And as yet another bonus
if I could incrementally update this image as time goes on that would
be useful.

Does this Macrium home version do this? They have an option for a four
pack which I'm sure I can make use of.

If this "option" is free then it's fine otherwise the free version of
Macrium will do a complete clone/backup of the drive and upsize it to a
larger disk. It is free so you can always download and install it.
Nothing lost.

The other option is to download the free software from WDC or Seagate -
both are HD manufacturers and their software is from Acronis True Image
Home (ATI or ATH for short) free version that can do full backup as well
as incremental backups. You just set it and it does it for you
periodically depending on your settings - daily, weekly, monthly,
bi-monthly, etc etc,

What is your SSD brand or what other brands of HD have you had in the
past? WDC and Seagate will only install on their brands but externally
connected portable or desktop HDs are acceptable. You just have to
download free of charge and install to see what it can do for you. They
have a good 130 page manual to go with the software and Acronis Forums
can also help you.

http://downloads.wdc.com/acronis/ATI2016WD_build33.zip

https://www.seagate.com/www-content/support-content/downloads/discwizard/_shared/downloads/DiscWizardSetup-1806036.en.exe

I almost always stick to Samsung 950 and 960 Pro Drive NVME SSDs if
possible. I have a few EVO M.2 where no NVMe is possible. I do have
one Western Digital though in a Lattitude 7370.

What I would use as a destination are Samsung T3 and T5 USB-C SSDs.

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Peter Kozlov