Macrium Reflect - Faster way of backing up?

[pete_agreatguy]

Hi all,

Current Situation:

I currently use Macrium Reflect to create a Full Image backup of my 2TB data drive every month.

It takes around 45+ minutes to create the backup, inc. verification.

Query

I want to decrease the time it takes to produce a backup of this data drive; however in the predicament of a hard drive failure, I don't want it to be too complex to restore the drive to a replacement.

Q) From now on do I use "Differential" or "Incremental" image?

I am struggling to decide which of these to choose.

Many thanks in advance for aid in deciding

EDIT: My 2TB drive is currently 1.56TB of 1.81TB free.

 

[pete_agreatguy]

Hi all,

Apologies on the late reply. Differential does sound like an option.

I've also contemplated continuing to do the backup as a full option but doing it prior to going to bed selecting the option to shutdown after finishing - if this is still feasible?

APM - The data drive is only written to on a weekly basis. Daily if doing game modding - currently I am doing the latter for ETS2.

 

[pete_agreatguy]

I wanted a compressed image on this drive.

However I do use AllwaySync to backup the following:

• 8TB media drive to 8TB media backup drive
• Documents and Downloads folders to 2TB data backup drive
  - I use to just move the folders across to my data drive but I do not do that anymore

I might have to check out FreeFileSync as I've heard a lot of people using it. I've never had issues with Allwaysync though. Plus I love the easy to use GUI.