

You know, in case of the 'Applecollapse'. I like the idea of iCloud-type data backups, but I just like to hard-manage these things. The other question I have is - if used to migrate your existing software environment to another PC - how do the new drivers get installed? I'd imagine that "what" drivers get installed is somewhat dependant on "what" software is migrated. That seems a great way to do a thorough tidy up *if* it comes to that. So, if the O/S and programs all just end up back on the same PC - there's no issue since everything is as 'before' (minus the previously accrued rubbish and bloat).

Apart from being of use for someone with a disaster on their hands, it seems a great fix for achieving a 'clean' windows install.

I don't really know how they achieve it - but they come across (via a fairly polished website) as though they'd have have legit solutions - I'd expect that *somehow* they'd dot all their "i"s and cross all their "t"s. I had similar questions myself - primarily regarding MS liscensing and by extension the point you mentioned. I would never trust internet access to anyone for doing a Backup, who knows just how many copies they make before getting the job done.īy sonic7 - 3 Years. Boots from a CD and can store the Backups where ever you wish to have them, mine are all stored on an external drive that is only connected before booting with the Acronis CD. I've been using Acronis for years, and haven't found anything that can beat it.

Personally I would say nothing beats Paragon Hard Disk Manager 15 Professional This seems to make it relatively painless. The only reason I posted was because of hearing horror stories some have experienced whereby they're facing a rebuild or O/S re-install. To me, this company seems dedicated to making migration and restoration (after failure) as painless as possible. If I were to attempt to install one of my existing Macrium mirrored backups on new PC hardware however, I'd likely encounter all sorts of red flags regarding "changed hardware ID's". What I like about this 'Zinstall' approach is that they seem more geared towards "total salvage" and "true migration" (rather than scheduled backups). I do a complete and total mirror of my C-drive which weighs in at around 70 GB. By sonic7 - 3 Years - yes I use Macrium Reflect for all my periodic mirrored backups - (generally fortnightly).
