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OxQQme

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4. I use Macrium Reflect. It's free.

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 08:20 PM

Jul 2020

I use a usb3 external SSD to store a complete 'picture' of the C: drive before I make any changes
to my up-to-date win10.
A 16g thumb drive, with access to the supplied rescue media, will 'place' the last known good C:
(or any saved partition) back into place.

I have no need for incremental saves but that's an option.

Additionally, I can go into any of the saved 'pictures' and pull out any item to my current desktop.
I leave the external drive unplugged until I need it. For me that's once a month.
Takes about 20 minutes to save or return the 264g C: for me.

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

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Windows 10 and backups question [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2020 OP

Don't be afraid of Cloud backup Abnredleg Jul 2020 #1

Macrium reflect free version is what I'm using BootinUp Jul 2020 #2

+100 n/m orwell Jul 2020 #5

for external drive try free file sync aka FreeFileSync simple n easy to use msongs Jul 2020 #3

I use Macrium Reflect. It's free. OxQQme Jul 2020 #4

Some good things to look into here. Thanks! Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2020 #6

My backups are done old-school. ManiacJoe Jul 2020 #7

One of the advantages of the pro version of window$... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2020 #8

I appreciate your take on it. Functionally, it's not far off from what I'd like to do. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2020 #9