Backup Software

Petrolhead · 15 Apr 2022 at 15:38

I have been using Easus ToDo to backup my OS drive.

Today I had a problem and need to recover IT FALED! Funny thing is when you have a problem with somit you start googling and its amazing the number of people who also have had problems with Easus.

So I need something thats reliable.

This is purly to do OS reinstalls form a backup. I used to refer to It as a Full Metal Restore years agao

Whats would you reccomend please

m4cc45 · 15 Apr 2022 at 15:51

Veeam:
Free Backup Solution - Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition

It's free, works well, can do item level recovery, etc. can create a boot CD/USB with all of your network drivers if you wanted to store you backup on a NAS, for example.

M.

Petrolhead · 15 Apr 2022 at 16:02

Thanks, will give it a go

Petrolhead · 15 Apr 2022 at 16:04

Have I done somit wrong its over 9GB download

m4cc45 · 15 Apr 2022 at 16:33

Sounds about right.

Free Windows Backup Solution for PCs and Endpoints (veeam.com)

If you click Download you can use either the full gubbins or the Veeam Agent (300MB ish) if you only need to protect one PC.

M.

Petrolhead · 15 Apr 2022 at 17:35

Thanks but I gave up having spent over an hour trying to setup

15/04/2022 17:11:06 Error Failed to create recovery media: Unable to access recovery image

I did have a read of https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-agen...a-failure-winre-component-missing-t49484.html and there was a solution but more than I wanted to do

Semple · 15 Apr 2022 at 19:16

One thing we always say in the industry is to have a DR plan and have it well tested.

Rannoch · 15 Apr 2022 at 19:22

Macrium Reflect

Philtor · 16 Apr 2022 at 06:01

As above, the free version of Macrium reflect is all you need.

Rroff · 16 Apr 2022 at 06:04

Same - it is all I've ever used.

Servo · 16 Apr 2022 at 13:44

Macrium Reflect

Mysterae_ · 16 Apr 2022 at 14:11

I tried Macrium Reflect to transfer my system from a 240GB SSD to a 1TB SDD. It turned the 1TB drive in to a 240GB SSD with no working method to recover the lost capacity. Formatted and started afresh instead.

It might work better if the drives are the same capacity.

LizardKing · 17 Apr 2022 at 00:33

Whats wrong with the built in MS backup? its always worked when i've needed it, though admittedly thats usually just to replace/upgrade the disk hosting my c:. no need for special boot disks as you can use any windows install media to recover, vhd's are easily mountable if you need to recover individual files. hell you could attach them to a virtual machine if you need to boot the old install.
+ gparted for any partition moves/resizes.

Philtor · 17 Apr 2022 at 09:28

Mysterae_ said:
I tried Macrium Reflect to transfer my system from a 240GB SSD to a 1TB SDD. It turned the 1TB drive in to a 240GB SSD with no working method to recover the lost capacity. Formatted and started afresh instead.

It might work better if the drives are the same capacity.

You need to expand the partition during the cloning process. There’s a guide on their site for this I think.

Mysterae_ · 17 Apr 2022 at 09:32

Philtor said:
You need to expand the partition during the cloning process. There’s a guide on their site for this I think.

Cheers for the info, I admit I did look for solutions after the cloning rather than during the process.

bledd · 20 Apr 2022 at 14:15

Used to use Macrium, now I only use Veeam.

Rroff · 26 Apr 2022 at 19:13

LizardKing said:
Whats wrong with the built in MS backup? its always worked when i've needed it, though admittedly thats usually just to replace/upgrade the disk hosting my c:. no need for special boot disks as you can use any windows install media to recover, vhd's are easily mountable if you need to recover individual files. hell you could attach them to a virtual machine if you need to boot the old install.
+ gparted for any partition moves/resizes.

I've used a 3rd party disk to vhd tool quite a bit especially for older laptops - the ability to boot them in a virtual machine can be really useful sometimes (it has actually worked surprisingly flawlessly as well).

StephenJ · 28 Apr 2022 at 23:52

I would also use veeam

azazl187 · 28 Apr 2022 at 23:54

Sync Toy

Simpampum · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:27

To implement the backup, I used standard Windows tools. When I had problems with x80080008 error, I relied on special instructions to solve this problem. If we talk about third-party software, Partition Recovery will be a good solution in my experience.