They removed the free version from the site, forcing people to buy. Used to be a decent company, turned selfish and more so, greedy!

Macrium Reclect 8 Home edition does include ReDeploy, but the 30-Day Trial does not. This is based on what their website says today, if anyone is wondering.

​@@aperson1181 They 'turned selfish and greedy'? For selling the product they developed and they support? That's a strange logic. Maybe you'd like to do a day's work each week and give the proceeds to your neighbour. Wake up call. Commercial companies are in business to make a profit. When they decide to offer free versions of their software, that's a marketing gambit. If it isn't - or ceases to be - effective, they withdraw it. Sorry for the bad news, but they're not running a charity for your benefit.

@@aperson1181 I know. I went to a local car dealer and asked for a free car and they said "No"! How selfish and greedy.

I would assume Acronis images are accessible only to Acronis software. Same for most other tools -- image formats are generally proprietary.

please elaborate as if im a child,,what did u have to do with that driver?

But you have to pay for it EVERY YEAR!

@@gedtoon6451Weird... I replied here earlier but my answer has disappeared. Anyway, no matter as I was going to edit it to say that if you choose "Macrium Reflect Home" under Products > Personal, there's a "One-Time Purchase" option that doesn't require you to pay every year.

@@gedtoon6451 no.

I think I gotthe single version,it’s always worked.

Punk move

When you set up automated, then Macrium sets up a scheduled task to make it happen. It's all ... automatic. Yes, I leave my external HD plugged in at all times.

Why buy Pro vers? Cant you just backup to external drive, then transfer to "different equipment"? 🤔

Correct. That's what this video is all about.

Not required. You can purchase an annual subscription, yes, but there's also a one-time option.

I don't recall such a statement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@askleonotenboom Hi Leo, I think it was in their description somewhere. May have miss remembered. Doubt it is there now. Love your small bite size videos, you get the info across in an easy to understand way.

The free edition will continue to exist indefinitely, it just won't be updated or supported past 2024

@@JasonNZ42 It will continue to try to run indefinitely, but Macrium appears to have removed it from their website already.

I recommend what I do: I leave my external drives plugged in specifically so automated backups can happen without fail.

@@askleonotenboom That's what I'll do. Thanks. JimE

I've been at this for the last half an hour - some people have Reflect 8 Free option showing up and some people don't! On my PC I don't see it, no matter which browser I use and even using private windows, and even using my phone. It's just not there. My friend in the same country (UK, but on a different ISP) *can* see it, and sent me screenshots, and entered my email so I was able to get the code and download. I was also able to see it for myself on my phone if I turned off wifi, using the mobile data (different ISP). So I guess my advice is to try a VPN or ask a friend if it shows up for them.

@@googleboughtmee Thank you. Doing the 30 day trial right now to see what is offered when it is complete. JimE

Software is plenty.

I really can't speak to the reactivation (it's very likely it'll boot ok, especially after redeploy). The issue is that the criteria for that digital license isn't really defined anywhere. I expect it'll depend on exactly what changed, and how different it all is. Even though Windows 10 doesn't require a TPM, I could see that being a factor (the TPM has secure information that would clearly be different on a different motherboard.) If this were home or pro you'd probably have the option to call in for automated activation if it didn't just work out of the box, but with Enterprise ... I'm really not sure. Wish I had more clarity for you.

Thanks Leo for answering so promptly. Before I commit I'll keep searching; surely I can't be the first person to ask this question. @@askleonotenboom

I'd be tempted to use EaseUS Todo free for that. Same thing.

Neat! Thanks for the tip.

I believe there's typically a discount for existing customers. But they don't come out with major version updates terribly often, and all updates within a version (say, all version 8 updates) are included.

I know. I went to a local car dealer and asked for a free car and they said "No"! How selfish and greedy.

Macrium Free saved my PC from a costly reinstall or worse clean backup when it fixed the MBR. Another free program failed to do that for reasons too complicated to get into here. Upshot: I reward things that are good to me and I went ahead and bought a premium non-free license and don't regret it.

​@@raylopez99 Thats good! Curious which one failed?

@@Wize817 Two other ones that are leaders in the field. I was so impressed by Macrium Free I bought the premium version, as I say. Your mileage may vary; but I'm loyal to Macrium after this incident.

I have no direct experience with it, but I've heard good things.

Not officially, no. That's kinda the point: it's discontinued. You may find it on various download sites, but BE CAREFUL, as those are often "augmented" with malware.

@@askleonotenboom thanks very much.

One time.

Everyone's use case is different. I use Macrium to clone drives to better/bigger SSDs/NVMEs. It has not failed me yet as long as I'm using the most up to date version (Windows changes as mentioned in the video have caused it to stop cloning correctly) Are you interested in something that will handle Full/Incremental backups for you automatically (typically to an external drive)? Macrium Home (Paid) will do that. Your question about maybe v9. It took years between v7 to v8 so i don't expect v9 in my mind for a long while still, i could be wrong but going by past history. Wait until Black Friday and check if it will be on sale again, it's a great time to pickup a license or a 4 pack even.

It depends on the image format. A Macrium image would require Macrium. Not sure if EaseUS has similar. You can try .vhd and .vhdx with Hyper-V. I'd also look to see if VirtualBox can be set up to boot from one. The only other approach I can think of is to set up a new virtual machine, use the backup software to restore an image to a virtual hard disk, and then try booting from that.

Seems like the distinction is kinda pointless, though. You can't get Macrium Reflect Free any more, thus it's gone away.

​@@askleonotenboom Nothing man-made just magically "goes away" esp. on the internet! Thats the pro and con of the web as spicey pics prove 😅Theres always somewhere else you can get older versions of software, so he's right, its nothing more than a EXCUSE for a company to "Force Upgrade" its users into paying $80 one-time or annual fees. Just call a spade a spade 🤦‍Ironically maybe MR made their free software too good that too few customers paid for the upgrade? If scheduling is the only thing different than paid ver, then why bother? MR is dropping out on us while others arent. Besides MR theres at least 32 FREE Backup software tools that are as good or similar to Reflect as titled article from Lifewire details, bad choices have consequences 🤓

Absolutely! It's worth every penny if you ever have to use it only once. The most versatile and reliable backup program I've ever used

So far MR's the only one I've seen it in. I expect others will eventually, since it's a pretty nifty technique.

@@askleonotenboom I totally agree

I don't quite understand what you're up to. A restore will overwrite what's on the disk.

I want to repair the Recovery partition. Is there a better way? Thanks

@@gtm5650 Depends on why and how it's broken. Restoring only the recovery partition from an image backup taken prior to any damage would be ideal.

A google search would answer both. macrium.com to get it. You'll find current pricing there as well. (Not putting it here because pricing changes from time to time.)

@@askleonotenboom Don't forget other search engines like Yahoo, Naver, Baidu, Bing, and Yandex. Just a friendly reminder that not everything has to rely on Google.

They have a family plan.

No. No it's not. It's no longer on the Macrium website.

It's an honest opinion, not a cop-out. It's a good product and worth paying for. If you don't feel that way, then there are plenty of free alternatives. EaseUS Todo is one I recommend (and I believe mentioned in the video).

@@askleonotenboom I do have to wonder if you are being paid for this and not declaring it.

@@mrljgibson HA! No. I wish. And for the record, again, no. (I'm sure they wouldn't let me have mentioned a competitor if I were.) So ... no.

@@voltagedrop6098 Yup. It's been out for a while already: askleo.com/product/saved-backing-up-with-macrium-reflect-8-online-course/

@@askleonotenboom It may be worth it but I dislike the tactic. I don't believe for a second that this it wasn't their plan all along to offer a free version, get it popular, then pull the plug to coerce paid licenses.

Report back how it does. If the origin disk is damage it could still fail but MR is very dependable in my opinion.

@muffin man it's 10tb going to a 20tb drive.. its gonna be awhile but I will

@muffin man so yes it worked. Took 17hrs but it worked. Only issue it leaves a unextedable amount of free drive space. In my case around 7tb. Kinda frustrating but it did clone the drive successfully.

@@knightmaremedia7795 replying again, can't see my latest reply. MR has options to shrink/expand partitions when you are performing a clone. Maybe you missed these options. Give MiniTool Partition Wizard Free a try in order to adjust your partitions to fit the new drive.

@muffin man yea I must of missed that option. I have another drive to do. Same size so I'll give that a whirl. Thanks.

Oh no! China bad

I may be a tool, but MR isn't paying me. (I wish.)

No other alternative has active Ransomware protection service, or Synthetic type backups like MR has.

@@CesarPeron Hackers can't encrypt your backup if you don't have it plugged in. The best ransomware protection is an air gap.

Thank you for your video. I just do full image backup of my drive C OS and Drive D data partions. I usually backup C to an image regularly and D occasionally, because my frequently use data is in the Onedrive Cloud. I'm selecting between ease us to do backup vs Amoei Backuper, between these two which would you recommend for a free replacement solution? Appreciate your response Sir.

Absolutely! ​ Besides MR theres at least 32 FREE Backup software tools that are as good or similar to Reflect as titled article from Lifewire details, bad choices have consequences 🤓Theres always somewhere else you can get older versions of software, so its nothing more than a EXCUSE for a company to "Force Upgrade" its users into paying $80 one-time or annual fees. ‍Ironically maybe MR made their free software too good that too few customers paid for the upgrade? If scheduling is the only thing different than paid ver, then why bother? MR is dropping out on us while others arent.

On MajorGeeks. Sorry, but I don't think KZfaq permits me to provide you with a link, but it should be quite easy to Google