I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?
On 12/5/23 04:36 PM, this is what jason_warren@ieee.org wrote:
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
In article <uko6e6$cm0d$1@dont-email.me>, Bears@invalid.com says...
On 12/5/23 04:36 PM, this is what jason_warren@ieee.org wrote:
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
Thanks!
Truly bizarre - when I searched with Firefox
macrium.* was nowhere to be found. Chrome found it!
In article <uko6e6$cm0d$1@dont-email.me>, Bears@invalid.com says...
On 12/5/23 04:36 PM, this is what jason_warren@ieee.org wrote:
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
Thanks!
Truly bizarre - when I searched with Firefox
macrium.* was nowhere to be found. Chrome found it!
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jason_warren@ieee.org wrote on 12/5/23 3:27 PM:
In article <uko6e6$cm0d$1@dont-email.me>, Bears@invalid.com says...You might consider obtaining an earlier MR free version rather than the
On 12/5/23 04:36 PM, this is what jason_warren@ieee.org wrote:
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
Thanks!
Truly bizarre - when I searched with Firefox
macrium.* was nowhere to be found. Chrome found it!
current 'free trial' version.
e.g.
macrium-reflect-free-8-0.7690.x64.exe
or
macrium-reflect-free-8-0.7279.x64.exe
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here; >https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here; https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?
You might consider obtaining an earlier MR free version rather than the current 'free trial' version.
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here; https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed,
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here; https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed
In article <ukppl3$oq9v$1@dont-email.me>, Ed Cryer wrote...
...
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed
Useful, thanks. 177MB is fairly small - is this just a stub, or the full application? And what are the "home" versions?
Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed,
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
Why did you pay? I got this latest update in the normal way, reminded by
my years-long installation of Macrium.
And yes, it's the version number that determines compatability; not
whether you paid for it or not.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 18:45:58 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>>>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed,
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
Why did you pay? I got this latest update in the normal way, reminded by
my years-long installation of Macrium.
This was my first version of Macrium, installed on my then-new PC
when two years ago. And I needed the paid version because I do file
and folder backups on most of my partitions.
And yes, it's the version number that determines compatability; not
whether you paid for it or not.
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 18:45:58 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>>>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed,
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
Why did you pay? I got this latest update in the normal way, reminded by
my years-long installation of Macrium.
This was my first version of Macrium, installed on my then-new PC
when two years ago. And I needed the paid version because I do file
and folder backups on most of my partitions.
And yes, it's the version number that determines compatability; not
whether you paid for it or not.
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
Stan Brown wrote:
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
I use only the free version; always have done.
I take a full image of my SSD regularly. And from that image I can pick
off individual files or folders. Macrium can mount the image as a
virtual drive; and that gives me access to all its contents through Win Explorer.
I advise you to do the same. Take a regular full image. And that can be
used for either a full restore of the drive, or to pick off individual
files and folders.
If you want regular saves of specific files or folders, there are other methods available.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 16:36:04 -0500, "jason_warren@ieee.org" <jason_warren@ieee.org> wrote:
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?
Out of curiosity I just did a search on Macrium in the latest version
of FireFox running under the latest version of Windows 11
Professional. No problem here.
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:18:04 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
I use only the free version; always have done.
I take a full image of my SSD regularly. And from that image I can pick
off individual files or folders. Macrium can mount the image as a
virtual drive; and that gives me access to all its contents through Win
Explorer.
Thanks, Ed; that's just what I wanted to know.
I advise you to do the same. Take a regular full image. And that can be
used for either a full restore of the drive, or to pick off individual
files and folders.
Why don't I do that? Because my E: partition (10 GB) contains a 2 GB container managed by VeraCrypt, where financial and medical records
live. If I did a full image backup of E:, then every time I did a differential backup those 2 GB would get backed up again, even though
only a couple of hundred KB were actually new.
If I remember right, MR won't actually do full image backups on
VeraCrypt partitions, even if I have VeraCrypt running to decode
them. I'm not 100% certain of that, but I think I tried it when I
first installed MR and it didn't work. I can't think of another
reason I would have done file and folder backup on them. In any case,
file and folder backup does work on such partitions. Of course the
backup doesn't have the original Veracrypt password, but it does have
a strong password that I use for backups.
If you want regular saves of specific files or folders, there are other
methods available.
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
Brian Gregory wrote on 12/9/23 7:20 PM:
As I understand it:program:
v8.1.7784 is home version with free demo,
v8.0.7279 is last free version.
Iirc, using the feature/option within the Macrium Reflect free version
- 7279 after 7690 free update version was released will update to 7690
- 7690 after 7783 free update version was released will update to 7783
I suspect, if the current installed version is 7290, it would update
to 7783.
If choosing a different path than updating via the program the full
installer version of 7690 and 7783 are available.
Additional info for each of the full version installers
7279 has a digital signature of January 10, 2023
7690 has a digital signature of October 11, 2023
7783 has a digital signature of November 30, 2023
I can no longer find the Macrium website. Is it gone?
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:18:04 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
I use only the free version; always have done.
I take a full image of my SSD regularly. And from that image I can pick
off individual files or folders. Macrium can mount the image as a
virtual drive; and that gives me access to all its contents through Win
Explorer.
Thanks, Ed; that's just what I wanted to know.
I advise you to do the same. Take a regular full image. And that can be
used for either a full restore of the drive, or to pick off individual
files and folders.
Why don't I do that? Because my E: partition (10 GB) contains a 2 GB container managed by VeraCrypt, where financial and medical records
live. If I did a full image backup of E:, then every time I did a differential backup those 2 GB would get backed up again, even though
only a couple of hundred KB were actually new.
If I remember right, MR won't actually do full image backups on
VeraCrypt partitions, even if I have VeraCrypt running to decode
them. I'm not 100% certain of that, but I think I tried it when I
first installed MR and it didn't work. I can't think of another
reason I would have done file and folder backup on them. In any case,
file and folder backup does work on such partitions. Of course the
backup doesn't have the original Veracrypt password, but it does have
a strong password that I use for backups.
If you want regular saves of specific files or folders, there are other
methods available.
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:18:04 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
I use only the free version; always have done.
I take a full image of my SSD regularly. And from that image I can pick
off individual files or folders. Macrium can mount the image as a
virtual drive; and that gives me access to all its contents through Win Explorer.
Thanks, Ed; that's just what I wanted to know.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Ed,
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
On 12/9/2023 2:32 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
There is a capability for this, but it relies on a feature of VSS
and so is not necessarily perfectly under the control of Macrium.
It may have trouble excluding a hundred thousand folders for example,
because the operation (at VSS level), has to complete in ten seconds
or less (the quiescence response period). After everything is
quiet on a partition snapshot, then the snapshot is "cast in stone"
for the remainder of the attempted disk imaging. They're not
backing up your partition, they are backing up a VSS snapshot
of your partition. That's why the real partition can change,
while the backup runs on a "hot" system, and you still get a
perfect copy of the snapshot of the partition.
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/How+to+exclude+files+from+a+Disk+Image
If you only need to remove one item, there is a good chance it would
work, during a full partition image operation.
But if you were enumerating half of the tiny folders in WinSxS,
the exclusion step being done by VSS, may fail to complete, and
things you didn't want backed up, would be getting backed up anyway.
It still raises the question, of how a File/Folder backup would work,
because you really want VSS to be carrying those out for you too.
The
objective is to get complete snapshots of files ("intact" files), and
not bits of files some older bits, and some newer bits that
just got saved in Microsoft Word.
On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 23:23:24 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
On 12/9/2023 2:32 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
There is a capability for this, but it relies on a feature of VSS
and so is not necessarily perfectly under the control of Macrium.
It may have trouble excluding a hundred thousand folders for example,
because the operation (at VSS level), has to complete in ten seconds
or less (the quiescence response period). After everything is
quiet on a partition snapshot, then the snapshot is "cast in stone"
for the remainder of the attempted disk imaging. They're not
backing up your partition, they are backing up a VSS snapshot
of your partition. That's why the real partition can change,
while the backup runs on a "hot" system, and you still get a
perfect copy of the snapshot of the partition.
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/How+to+exclude+files+from+a+Disk+Image
If you only need to remove one item, there is a good chance it would
work, during a full partition image operation.
But if you were enumerating half of the tiny folders in WinSxS,
the exclusion step being done by VSS, may fail to complete, and
things you didn't want backed up, would be getting backed up anyway.
It still raises the question, of how a File/Folder backup would work,
because you really want VSS to be carrying those out for you too.
I most certainly would not want VSS to be involved in a file/folder backup. I don't think anyone would. Think of the hundreds of millions of computer users worldwide who copy or move billions of files every day, all without the overhead
of VSS or similar, and you quickly see that VSS is absolutely unnecessary in that scenario.
I have a specific piece of software that places great value on maintaining file
integrity as it moves files from one volume to another. The basic steps are: 1. enumerate the files
2. select the first file and calculate its crc32
3. copy the file and calculate the copied file's crc32
4. compare the two crc values
4a. if they match, go to the next file
4b. if they don't match, log it to console and disk, try again
As expected, it's quite slow and there's never a crc mismatch.
The
objective is to get complete snapshots of files ("intact" files), and
not bits of files some older bits, and some newer bits that
just got saved in Microsoft Word.
I use VSS to get a complete snapshot of a volume. I would not want to use it to
get a complete snapshot of a file since that doesn't seem to be an actual problem.
<snip>
On 12/9/2023 2:32 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
There is a capability for this, but it relies on a feature of VSS
and so is not necessarily perfectly under the control of Macrium.
It may have trouble excluding a hundred thousand folders for example,
because the operation (at VSS level), has to complete in ten seconds
or less (the quiescence response period). After everything is
quiet on a partition snapshot, then the snapshot is "cast in stone"
for the remainder of the attempted disk imaging. They're not
backing up your partition, they are backing up a VSS snapshot
of your partition. That's why the real partition can change,
while the backup runs on a "hot" system, and you still get a
perfect copy of the snapshot of the partition.
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/How+to+exclude+files+from+a+Disk+Image
If you only need to remove one item, there is a good chance it would
work, during a full partition image operation.
It still raises the question, of how a File/Folder backup would work,
because you really want VSS to be carrying those out for you too.
A Full Image can also be converted to a VHD file, for virtual machine use. 7-ZIP tool, can also read files from a VHD. The dead-end format VHDX that Hyper-V uses, no tools seem to interact with that, and that is probably
why Img2VHD was discontinued, as making a Img2VHDX would be a waste of everyones time. 7ZIP can't read a VHDX either.
IMG2VHD stopped perhaps in V6, but it can still convert a Full MRIMG
from V7 to a VHD. I have not matrix tested all the output options
of Macrium, to see which ones can be converted to VHD.
Stan Brown wrote:
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:18:04 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Are you sure about that? The free version won't create file and
folder backups, only image backups, so I was asking whether it will
restore individual files or folders. Of course I can download the
installer and try it, but that's kind of a pain and I was hoping you
knew the answer.
I use only the free version; always have done.
I take a full image of my SSD regularly. And from that image I can pick
off individual files or folders. Macrium can mount the image as a
virtual drive; and that gives me access to all its contents through Win
Explorer.
Thanks, Ed; that's just what I wanted to know.
I advise you to do the same. Take a regular full image. And that can be
used for either a full restore of the drive, or to pick off individual
files and folders.
Why don't I do that? Because my E: partition (10 GB) contains a 2 GB container managed by VeraCrypt, where financial and medical records
live. If I did a full image backup of E:, then every time I did a differential backup those 2 GB would get backed up again, even though
only a couple of hundred KB were actually new.
If I remember right, MR won't actually do full image backups on
VeraCrypt partitions, even if I have VeraCrypt running to decode
them. I'm not 100% certain of that, but I think I tried it when I
first installed MR and it didn't work. I can't think of another
reason I would have done file and folder backup on them. In any case,
file and folder backup does work on such partitions. Of course the
backup doesn't have the original Veracrypt password, but it does have
a strong password that I use for backups.
If you want regular saves of specific files or folders, there are other
methods available.
It's not a matter of backing up specified files or folders, but of
backing up everything _except_ one particular file.
How about this as a solution?
Move the Veracrypt file to a partition of its own.
Macrium can't exclude individual files from its imaging, but it's a
doddle to exclude a partition.
As for the incremental backing up of the Veracrypt file, try the
Sourceforge Veracrypt forum. There's a recent discussion here; https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/technical/thread/eb44ae7764/ but I'd feel more inclined to start a new thread, put the full problem
to them and see what they have to offer.
Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 12:31:57 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
You can get Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 8.1.7784 here;
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macrium_reflect_free_edition.html >>
That is the latest (and probably last) free issue.
Can I use that one to mount a MR backup created by the paid version
and extract individual files from it?
Right now I have the paid version on one PC of my two, and if I need
to recover an older version of a file onto the other, I attach the
external backup drive to the MR-hosting PC, extract the file, and
then transfer it on a USB stick. It would be a bit more convenient to
be able to attach the backup drive directly to the other PC.
You can extract files with free. I saw this message but forgot where it
was. I have registered Macrium on 1 computer and free on 2 computers.
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 18:47:26 -0500, Paul wrote:
A Full Image can also be converted to a VHD file, for virtual machine use. >> 7-ZIP tool, can also read files from a VHD. The dead-end format VHDX that
Hyper-V uses, no tools seem to interact with that, and that is probably
why Img2VHD was discontinued, as making a Img2VHDX would be a waste of
everyones time. 7ZIP can't read a VHDX either.
IMG2VHD stopped perhaps in V6, but it can still convert a Full MRIMG
from V7 to a VHD. I have not matrix tested all the output options
of Macrium, to see which ones can be converted to VHD.
If Macrium Reflect Free will mount an image file and let me recover individual files from it, is there any advantage to converting the
image to VHD using IMG2VHD, then opening it with 7-Zip?
Am I missing something?
Image backups are for people who want recovery-of-state,
like I'm using on this computer right now. I tried to
Repair Install twice, to fix a networking issue related
to a RealTek NIC, and not only wasn't the problem fixed,
the problems got worse. Now, WSL no longer works, on
the last forward attempt. I tried all the recommended fixes
and it continues to say the HyperV platform isn't working.
I was forced to roll back C: , and I may roll it back
a few more months before the day is done. The theory being,
this is less work than bolting all my VM stuff back together
from scratch. I rolled it back three days, now all my VM
stuff works, but the NIC loses DNS about five minutes after
boot. The system works fine using a USB to Ethernet (ASIX)
adapter, but I can't leave it that way. That is, after all,
my emergency NIC. I have to fix it and put the emergency NIC
back in the box (for emergencies).
I think that probably makes sense. Only -- does it really matter
whether I do an image backup or a File and folder backup of a
partition? I do understand the difference between them, or at least I
think I do, but I don't understand why people seem to prefer an image
backup over a File and Folder.
Stan Brown wrote:
I think that probably makes sense. Only -- does it really matter
whether I do an image backup or a File and folder backup of a
partition? I do understand the difference between them, or at least I
think I do, but I don't understand why people seem to prefer an image
backup over a File and Folder.
It's all a question of capitalising on the free version of Macrium. The
file and folder backup is only there as a thirty-day trial.
I've always just used the image backup (with an occasional clone for
possible speedy SSD-replacement; but never actually needed); and I've
done many a full restore from images, always successfully.
There's one downside to this strategy; a full restore will lose all data added since the image used was taken. Which won't do for those with daily-or-even-hourly updated info; customer accounts, sales figures and
the like. But the vast majority of personal computers at home don't
include those; nor does mine; so the image strategy will suffice for them.
I keep ebooks, music and similar separately on external drives. IMAP
rather than POP email accounts, spread over different devices.
Ed
Ed Cryer wrote:
[quoted text muted]
rather than POP email accounts, spread over different devices.
Ed
If I had certain files and folders that changed hourly, I think I'd use
one of many available methods to regularly back them up; EaseUS, Windows backup, lots of scripts available on the Net. And I'd have that fully scheduled to be run hourly or so. It might take a few minutes to run, as opposed to the hour of Macrium image-taking.
On 12/11/2023 6:59 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
[quoted text muted]
image to VHD using IMG2VHD, then opening it with 7-Zip?
Am I missing something?
I try to list some of the capabilities so you know they exist.
It's up to you to pick items from the table, as you wish.
A File&Folder backup, is the ultimate in efficiency, if
it just backs up the things you want.
Stan Brown wrote:
[quoted text muted]
partition? I do understand the difference between them, or at least I
think I do, but I don't understand why people seem to prefer an image backup over a File and Folder.
It's all a question of capitalising on the free version of Macrium. The
file and folder backup is only there as a thirty-day trial.
On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:34:20 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
[quoted text muted]
rather than POP email accounts, spread over different devices.
Ed
If I had certain files and folders that changed hourly, I think I'd use
one of many available methods to regularly back them up; EaseUS, Windows backup, lots of scripts available on the Net. And I'd have that fully scheduled to be run hourly or so. It might take a few minutes to run, as opposed to the hour of Macrium image-taking.
That's what I use my USB stick for. It's not a performance issue for
me: Macrium Reflect takes under 15 minutes to do a full backup of all partitions.
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