Mavideol Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Does anybody know a good/stable/reliable FREE source to download Aomei Backuper or Macrium Reflect as I need to clone and backup SSD, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, Mavideol said: Does anybody know a good/stable/reliable FREE source to download Aomei Backuper or Macrium Reflect as I need to clone and backup SSD, thanks I have generally had good results with Major Geeks https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html Make sure you read the Editor's Note at the bottom of the article 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 8 minutes ago, Mavideol said: Aomei Backuper Their site? https://www.aomeitech.com/ab/standard.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, topt said: I have generally had good results with Major Geeks https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html Make sure you read the Editor's Note at the bottom of the article thanks, was just there before reading your post, it has a free version there, hope it's really free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) 5 minutes ago, topt said: Their site? https://www.aomeitech.com/ab/standard.html free version doesn't have all the goodies....they want money to upgrade Edited March 23 by Mavideol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I used Samsung software. It is free and works fine with Samsung SSDs, maybe also with others. I am sure other manufacturers have their own free software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 In general, backup and clone software are something different. I will look for clone software if you need that, and/or backup if you need backup. Not same, different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: I used Samsung software. It is free and works fine with Samsung SSDs, maybe also with others. I am sure other manufacturers have their own free software. thanks, unfortunately Samsung only works with Samsung, my kid's SSD is WD, in the past used Macrium but not more freebees their license is 65USD year, not to bad, but would prefer the free version 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: In general, backup and clone software are something different. I will look for clone software if you need that, and/or backup if you need backup. Not same, different. Aomei and Macrium have both options on one of their versions called Server Plus, I do know the difference thus the reason I am looking for both as the kid's laptop will need clone and myself need to update my backup, original backup made with Seagate software but when needed to restore some files were not backed up thus removed Seagate Toolkit as useless for my case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It's some time since I used it. But as far as I know Norton Ghost ghost32.exe still works with SSDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeworld Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) I have no experience with this but you could try Western Digital software Acronis True Imager or GoodSync for WD https://support-en.wd.com/app/products/downloads/softwaredownloads Edited March 23 by freeworld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post terryq Posted March 23 Popular Post Share Posted March 23 Macrium Reflect Free edition can image or clone a disk. Have used it for years. (Yes, I know the free edition is not going to be further updated, but do not see that as a problem at this time) 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 39 minutes ago, terryq said: Macrium Reflect Free edition can image or clone a disk. Have used it for years. (Yes, I know the free edition is not going to be further updated, but do not see that as a problem at this time) Absolutely. The only thing missing from the free edition as far as I am concerned is the separate file and folder backup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Mavideol said: thanks, was just there before reading your post, it has a free version there, hope it's really free Read the whole article including the bit at the end. Should not be an issue for what you are looking to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) There are some suggestions here for backup purposes. https://www.easeus.com/backup-recovery/5-best-free-windows-11-backup-software.html Here they give the cloning procedure https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/how-to-clone-a-hard-drive-on-windows-11.html Edited March 23 by ravip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 12 hours ago, topt said: Absolutely. The only thing missing from the free edition as far as I am concerned is the separate file and folder backup. You can't do a file & folder backup, but you can recover individual files and folders by mounting a backup image as a virtual drive and then copying the files/folders that you want to recover to their original locations. I'm sure you already know that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargamon Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Use a linux live boot USB and then you have access to the “dd' command which does all you need. Then, after you see how much better it is running Linux, just install it and get rid of the windows nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Went over to Macrium Reflect when I started using Win10 (2016). I don't recall what release it was, but at one point I made a bootable thumb drive and have been using it that way since. The only time I use the installed program is to mount an image. Performance has been great There are some file management programs out there that will help with backing up individual files and dirs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 16 hours ago, terryq said: Macrium Reflect Free edition can image or clone a disk. Have used it for years. True. Cloned a disk just yesterday with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, BigStar said: True. Cloned a disk just yesterday with it. my free edition expired and already extended their 7 days extra, will check what other options they are offering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 thanks everybody for all recommendations, I did solve the problem as I found a good working Macrium a Torrent at FTU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Mavideol said: my free edition expired and already extended their 7 days extra, will check what other options they are offering Macrium Reflect Free (for personal use) doesn't expire. Any trial premium features do. From the OP you don't need any premium features. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Mavideol said: thanks everybody for all recommendations, I did solve the problem as I found a good working Macrium a Torrent at FTU Your old Macrium, if the free edition, still worked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 23 hours ago, BigStar said: Your old Macrium, if the free edition, still worked. problem solved, thanks for the advise, appreciate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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