Backups

[Wainuitech]

Hi Wainui

I have read that the free version of EaseUS ToDo  for backups is a good program.  Have you ever heard of it or do you know anything about the program, good or bad??

Smithie

Yep Tried it several times over  a few years, Failed on restoring, gave it a miss. ANY backup has to work to be a proper backup. MANY people say a {Insert program} works great, and many look like they are working, BUT how many actually really use them to restore --I can tell you now very few.  Saying something has backed up is fine, but when restoring if it fails its completely useless. No  point if its failed and you dont find out until its really needed.

For example, with Macrium, its creating an image and restoring that or extracting files works better than using  Cloning, thats why I dont clone, I Image. Had Macrium fail when cloning, yet images work fine, and tested.

Edited: Example: Got a HP All in one here, reusing the Newish SSD drive on a new PC, thought OK clone it to save the data, went through the motions, looked all good, no errors, on reboot, wouldn't boot. This time Imaged instead  - and it booted fine from that when put back to another drive. Wasted approx 41/2 hours on cloning that turned to custard.