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Macrium Reflect Home Edition 8 review

Priced at $105.

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The CHOICE Expert Rating consists of backup score (30%), restore score (30%), ease of use score (30%) and support score (10%).

Backup score View more details.

Backup performance is the average time taken to perform a disk image using the default settings for compression and backup type. This score makes up 30% of the CHOICE Expert Rating.

Restore score View more details.

Restore performance is the average time taken to restore our disk image using the rescue disk environment. This score makes up 30% of the CHOICE Expert Rating.

Ease of use score View more details.

This score is weighted at 35% for backup ease of use, 33% for restore ease of use, and 32% for rescue media ease of use. The ease of use score makes up 30% of the CHOICE Expert Rating.

Customer support score View more details.

This score makes up 10% of the CHOICE Expert Rating.

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Recommended retail price as of September 2021 in Australian dollars. Some prices may differ depending on the exchange rate.

$105
Version tested
8.0.6161 (UEFI)
PCs supported View more details.

The number of PCs that the software can be installed on simultaneously.

1
Subscription required View more details.

Whether the purchase of a subscription is required to use the software.

No
Free version available View more details.

Whether there is a totally free version of the software available. Note that free versions will lack the full functionality of the paid version.

Yes
Free trial offered View more details.

Whether the software comes with the offer of a free trial.

Yes
Upgrades View more details.

Upgrade policy/eligibility.

Yes, for purchased version
Other backup types View more details.

Additional backup schemes offered, if any, apart from the standard incremental, differential, continuous, full and image, clone and network backup options.

None
Website
macrium.com
Full backup View more details.

This will duplicate all of the files and folders on your computer. A full backup is time consuming, but it's the required first step, even if subsequent backups only add the new or different files added to the hard drive since the full backup (see incremental backup and differential backup).

Yes
Incremental backup View more details.

This backs up files that have changed or been added since the previous backup, while leaving unchanged files untouched. It requires less time and space than doing a full backup each time, and also gives you the option to roll back to earlier versions of files, but takes longer to do a full restore than with a differential backup.

Yes
Differential backup View more details.

This duplicates all files since the full backup, with the differential backup file growing each time. It takes longer than an incremental backup but a full restore only requires the full backup plus the differential backup file.

Yes
Continuous backup View more details.

Also called real-time backup, this saves every change made to your files as they happen, keeping the backup files continuously up to date.

No
File and folder sync View more details.

The software can synchronise data in two separate folders, making sure that the contents are identical.

No
Whole disk image View more details.

This will duplicate all of the files and folders on your computer to to an exact replica 'image' file.

Yes
Partition image View more details.

This will duplicate all of the files and folders on a disk partition to an exact replica 'image' file.

Yes
System image View more details.

This will create a copy of the system drive in one click, saving it to an exact replica 'image' file.

Yes
Disk clone View more details.

This lets you create an exact replica – or 'clone' – of one drive to another drive, without the need for a disk image.

Yes
Encryption View more details.

Protects the backup set by encrypting it and using a password.

Yes (optional, not enabled by default)
AES-256 encoding View more details.

Whether the encryption provides industry standard strong AES-256 encoding.

Yes
Scheduling options View more details.

The various types of pre-set backup schedules offered.

Daily, weekly, monthly, time-based; configurable based on backup plan
Rescue media creation (USB stick) View more details.

Creating a bootable USB stick for restoring backup images.

Yes
Rescue media creation (CD/DVD) View more details.

Creating a bootable optical disc for restoring backup images. For Genie9, the built-in rescue media creation utility did not work; Genie support sent us a link to another program with which we were able to make a rescue DVD.

Yes
Back up to network View more details.

Saving the backup set to a network location such as a NAS (network attached storage) drive.

Yes
Restore partition image View more details.

Restoring a previously-created exact duplicate (image) of a disk partition.

Yes
Restore whole disk image View more details.

Restoring a previously-created exact duplicate (image) of the whole disk.

Yes
Restore individual files and folders View more details.

Restoring individual nominated files and/or folders.

Yes
Able to mount disk partition images View more details.

Can mount image of a disk partition. This is useful for examining imaged files for comparison with existing files before restoring them.

Yes
Universal restore View more details.

Can restore a backup set to a different computer configuration than the one it was created from.

Yes
Restore to new/blank drive View more details.

Restoring a backup image to a new or blank hard drive.

Yes
Used sector backup View more details.

Only backs up disk sectors that contain data.

Yes
Sector by sector backup View more details.

Backs up all sectors on a disk, whether they contain data or not.

Yes
Cloud backup capacity View more details.

The amount of internet-based 'cloud' storage available.

No
Online knowledgebase View more details.

Whether the program offers a searchable knowledge base for online assistance.

Yes
Email alert View more details.

Whether an email is sent when a backup is complete or fails to complete.

Yes
Live chat View more details.

Whether the program offers live chat online for user help and assistance.

No
FAQ View more details.

Whether the program offers an FAQ (frequently asked questions) section for user support.

Yes
Forum View more details.

Whether the program offers an online forum for getting help and assistance from other users.

Yes
Tutorials available View more details.

Whether the program offers tutorials to help learn how to use it.

Yes
Built-in manual or help files View more details.

Whether the program has a built-in manual or help files for user assistance.

No
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