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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
OK, it's OT, but Windows Backup sucks and Macrium Reflect is a great
companion for Windows 10. I've just received this email (see below) from Paramount Software about Macrium Reflect 5 end of support. I own a paid V5 Standard Household 4 Pack license and according to the offer I'd get a 40% upgrade discount on V6 Home Edition 4 Pack. Even so, the upgrade would cost me €76. Currently I use it on 2 PCs only, not 4, but the regular price for 1 PC license alone is €63. I also happen to use V5 free edition on some friends' PCs. All in all, I love this piece of software I must confess I am not "overwhelmed" by the new features in V6 (see below), but I do like the fact that with the upgrade I'd get features that in V5 were reserved to the Pro edition, like "restore to different hardware". According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. === V5 Technical Support will end on 17th February 2016 We are currently offering an Upgrade Discount of 25% to 50% off (depending on the edition of v5 owned). The brand new v6 Home Edition has all the features of the v5 Professional edition plus lots of new features. Rapid Delta Restore (RDR) Cuts restore times by 90% or more. Backup plan templates Use pre-loaded templates or create a custom plan. Incrementals forever Continuously maintain a defined number of incremental backups and consolidate older incrementals into a single synthetic delta. Rapid Delta Clone (RDC) Improving further on the cloning capabilities using technology based on RDR to speed up disk cloning activities by 90% or more. [...snip...] |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
On 1/21/2016 11:22 AM, edevils wrote:
OK, it's OT, but Windows Backup sucks and Macrium Reflect is a great companion for Windows 10. I've just received this email (see below) from Paramount Software about Macrium Reflect 5 end of support. I own a paid V5 Standard Household 4 Pack license and according to the offer I'd get a 40% upgrade discount on V6 Home Edition 4 Pack. Even so, the upgrade would cost me €76. Currently I use it on 2 PCs only, not 4, but the regular price for 1 PC license alone is €63. I also happen to use V5 free edition on some friends' PCs. All in all, I love this piece of software I must confess I am not "overwhelmed" by the new features in V6 (see below), but I do like the fact that with the upgrade I'd get features that in V5 were reserved to the Pro edition, like "restore to different hardware". According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. Nor is incremental backup. But I don't need those features badly enough to pay for the pro edition. You can get restore to different hardware using sysprep. It's a PITA, but it generally works for moving the OS from one working system to another working system. It doesn't help if you didn't sysprep BEFORE you made the backup and your original system is dead. === V5 Technical Support will end on 17th February 2016 We are currently offering an Upgrade Discount of 25% to 50% off (depending on the edition of v5 owned). The brand new v6 Home Edition has all the features of the v5 Professional edition plus lots of new features. Rapid Delta Restore (RDR) Cuts restore times by 90% or more. How often do you restore? Backup plan templates Use pre-loaded templates or create a custom plan. Incrementals forever Continuously maintain a defined number of incremental backups and consolidate older incrementals into a single synthetic delta. Rapid Delta Clone (RDC) Improving further on the cloning capabilities using technology based on RDR to speed up disk cloning activities by 90% or more. How often do you clone? [...snip...] Bottom line...are these benefits worth the cost to you. For many, free version will be just fine. |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
mike wrote:
edevils wrote: According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. I have had no problem using the free version 5 for restoring to different hardware. But I do not have extensive experience doing so. Too bad (apparently) they dropped the Linux boot disk support for the restore CD. |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
On 22/01/2016 01:29, John Doe wrote:
mike wrote: edevils wrote: According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. I have had no problem using the free version 5 for restoring to different hardware. What kind of different hardware was it? But I do not have extensive experience doing so. Here's some documentation. v5: How to use Macrium ReDeploy http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50126.aspx Too bad (apparently) they dropped the Linux boot disk support for the restore CD. I guess that's not a problem as long as the PE rescue disk boots all right, |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:49:22 -0800, mike wrote:
On 1/21/2016 11:22 AM, edevils wrote: I must confess I am not "overwhelmed" by the new features in V6 (see below), but I do like the fact that with the upgrade I'd get features that in V5 were reserved to the Pro edition, like "restore to different hardware". According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. That last is a true statement. The free version does not include the capability to restore to different hardware. Likewise, the free trials also do not include that capability. It's almost like they're pretty proud of that feature and don't want to give it away. |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
On 22/01/2016 01:52, edevils wrote:
On 22/01/2016 01:29, John Doe wrote: mike wrote: edevils wrote: According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. I have had no problem using the free version 5 for restoring to different hardware. What kind of different hardware was it? But I do not have extensive experience doing so. Here's some documentation. v5: How to use Macrium ReDeploy http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50126.aspx [...] And http://www.macrium.com/help/v5/How_t...w_hardware.htm In V5, ReDeploy was available on Pro and Server Editions only. In V6, ReDeploy is available on the (paid) Home Edition too. It is still not available in the Free Edition though. http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
On 22/01/2016 00:49, mike wrote:
On 1/21/2016 11:22 AM, edevils wrote: OK, it's OT, but Windows Backup sucks and Macrium Reflect is a great companion for Windows 10. I've just received this email (see below) from Paramount Software about Macrium Reflect 5 end of support. I own a paid V5 Standard Household 4 Pack license and according to the offer I'd get a 40% upgrade discount on V6 Home Edition 4 Pack. Even so, the upgrade would cost me €76. Currently I use it on 2 PCs only, not 4, but the regular price for 1 PC license alone is €63. I also happen to use V5 free edition on some friends' PCs. All in all, I love this piece of software I must confess I am not "overwhelmed" by the new features in V6 (see below), but I do like the fact that with the upgrade I'd get features that in V5 were reserved to the Pro edition, like "restore to different hardware". According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. Nor is incremental backup. But I don't need those features badly enough to pay for the pro edition. You can get restore to different hardware using sysprep. It's a PITA, but it generally works for moving the OS from one working system to another working system. It doesn't help if you didn't sysprep BEFORE you made the backup and your original system is dead. === V5 Technical Support will end on 17th February 2016 We are currently offering an Upgrade Discount of 25% to 50% off (depending on the edition of v5 owned). The brand new v6 Home Edition has all the features of the v5 Professional edition plus lots of new features. Rapid Delta Restore (RDR) Cuts restore times by 90% or more. How often do you restore? Backup plan templates Use pre-loaded templates or create a custom plan. Incrementals forever Continuously maintain a defined number of incremental backups and consolidate older incrementals into a single synthetic delta. Rapid Delta Clone (RDC) Improving further on the cloning capabilities using technology based on RDR to speed up disk cloning activities by 90% or more. How often do you clone? [...snip...] Bottom line...are these benefits worth the cost to you. For many, free version will be just fine. Here are the features included in the paid Home Edition, but not in the Free Edition (talking about Macrium Reflect V6). BACKUP/IMAGING: Incremental Images Delta Incremental Indexing File & folder backup File & folder masks Dynamic disk support AES Encryption Password protection CLONING: Rapid Delta Cloning BACKUP MANAGEMENT: Incremental Consolidation / Incrementals forever Integrated email component RESTO Macrium Redeploy Item level Recovery Rapid Delta Restore Support Essentials (1 Year) http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx |
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OT - Should I upgrade to Macrium Reflect V6?
John Doe wrote:
mike wrote: edevils wrote: According to the FAQs, V5 rescue media cannot restore V6 images, which is an annoyance, but V6 *can* restore images from any version. Don't know about ANY version, but v6 seems to restore v5 backups. It's my experience that restore to different hardware is not supported in the free version. I have had no problem using the free version 5 for restoring to different hardware. But I do not have extensive experience doing so. Too bad (apparently) they dropped the Linux boot disk support for the restore CD. I just made a rescue USB with version 6. Just accepted all of the defaults. Seems to work okay, but I would feel better if it were a bare-bones Linux boot up that simply allowed restoring backups. At least it's easy to make the USB recovery drive. And it's still free. |
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