

This will completely erase whatever is on it so backup files if they are important. Go to My Computer and right click the inserted flash drive and select format.

Somebody says Macrium is not easy for novices, I have found an extremelly contradiction concerned to (Version 2020) Macrium Reflect Free/Home vs. And I prefer to know I have a clean/fresh install than an image which can be broken/corrupted, etc.įorums/Sites:contradictions among Macrium and Acronis:Įxamining in many many various forums and sites (in english and in brazilian portuguese), Last full reinstall (those dont happen often for me one every 6 months average) took me less than 30 min.

Rest is just entering passwords/logins on the way (i dont synchronize passwords on my browser, but doing this it can be even faster). Windows settings/tweaks = Powershell script.Īpplications = Ninite or Chocolatey script (faster, automated).Īpplications settings = a folder on your NAS with profiles + powershell script, and when you can’t save profiles… it sucks yeah but no app for me does this anymore.īrowser settings/bookmarks = synchronized. Have to get ISO, yes, but with Microsoft policies, I get it everytime with Media Creation tool anyway.ĭrivers = geforce is the only one i install manually anymore, rest is automatized with MSI live update (mobo tool) Windows 10 reinstall = 10 15 min nowadays on SSD. Legit question, for my particular “modern” way of using computers, I don’t see the need of imaging anymore.ĭata = all backed up and centralized on a NAS or cloud storage. Video: Macrium Reflect Boot Disk In Action To do just a partition right-click on that partition and choose Image this partition only…

Then I backup the ENTIRE disk.Ĭhoose Backup > click inside the large box containing the disk you want to backup > *note – When possible I isolate my OS drive from everything else. See also: Macrium Reflect KnowledgeBase: Creating Rescue Media – Go to Other Tasks > Create Rescue Media…Ĭhoose Removable USB Flash Drive and follow instructions. It is my belief that the only way to do an Operating System backup and restore is:Ģ – Not to be using that OS. Why? After many years of backup and restoring Windows and Linux I have seen just about every method fail at one time or another. First and foremost, I do not backup from within Windows.
