The program includes a scheduling feature, which simplifies the process even further for the user. It took a little longer than our first test, but was successful all the same.
Likewise, we were able to create a backup image of a hard disk and save it to a DVD. As soon as we gave it our permission to do so, the program successfully backed up our selected files to our USB. From there, we were able to select the file types to include or exclude, as well as select the backup location, including a hard disk, network folder, or CD/DVD. But beyond that, we found it extremely easy to add files using the built-in wizard.
We did find a misspelling, which for a paid program, is a pet peeve of ours. The user interface uses colorful command buttons and tabs for easy navigation.
It worked very well for us, but novice users might be a little lost with some of the more detailed file settings. That counts.Macrium Reflect is a program that offers external backup capabilities. We’ve been using it for seemingly forever, and it’s never let us down yet. If all you want to do is image your system or data, then Macrium Reflect Free 6 is a great way to do it. And much better than the six invoked by Acronis True Image. On the bright side, the free version of Reflect spawns only a single background process, down from the three that the pay versions create. Backup generally takes place during off hours or in the background, so we don’t lend performance a lot of weight in our evaluations.
That’s about two minutes slower than any of the competition, though CPU usage was minimal. That might be nice, as Reflect Free 6 took just over nine minutes to perform our 115GB system backup. Macrium claims increased performance for the latest version 7, of which a free version is promised soon. PE allows driver injection (adding them at restore time), so you’re likely okay there anyway. It also lets you choose the drivers you want to install. Reflect Free supports both MBR and GPT disks (it was late to the GPT game), and it has a great boot media creator, which lets you change flavors of Windows PE to best suit the operating system being backed up. Several flavors of the Windows PE boot environment are supported by Reflect Free 6
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