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  Image backup for Windows11? Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2026-09-15 07:52 +1000
    Re: Image backup for Windows11? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 08:25 +1000
      Re: Image backup for Windows11? Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2026-09-16 06:59 +1000
        Re: Image backup for Windows11? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-09-16 07:25 +1000
          Re: Image backup for Windows11? Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2026-09-16 07:55 +1000
            Re: Image backup for Windows11? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-09-16 09:32 +1000
              Re: Image backup for Windows11? Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2026-09-21 06:52 +1000
                Re: Image backup for Windows11? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-09-21 10:55 +1000
    Re: Image backup for Windows11? Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-09-16 11:34 +1000
      Re: Image backup for Windows11? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-09-16 14:28 +1000

#74267 — Image backup for Windows11?

Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.

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#74268

Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote

> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.

Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system

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#74269

On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:25:35 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>
>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.
>
>Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system

	I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.
But I'll seek others.

The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!

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#74270

Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote

>>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.

>> Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system

> I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.

> But I'll seek others.

> The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
> extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!

I use an old version of Acronis True Image which
boots a linux removable drive on USB or CD and
that works fine and has a decent UI. Main downside
of it is that the drive letters can change with multi
disk setups but thats not really a problem, you
just have to be careful about that

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#74271

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:25:20 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>
>>>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.
>
>>> Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system
>
>> I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.
>
>> But I'll seek others.
>
>> The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
>> extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!
>
>I use an old version of Acronis True Image which
>boots a linux removable drive on USB or CD and
>that works fine and has a decent UI. Main downside
>of it is that the drive letters can change with multi
>disk setups but thats not really a problem, you
>just have to be careful about that

I have been using a very-old free home-type Macrium that still works,
but I'm worried it might be discontinued soon.  I use just an external
1TB drive to store backups.   I want simple! simple! simple!

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#74272

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:55:35 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:25:20 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>
>>>>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.
>>
>>>> Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system
>>
>>> I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.
>>
>>> But I'll seek others.
>>
>>> The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
>>> extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!
>>
>> I use an old version of Acronis True Image which
>> boots a linux removable drive on USB or CD and
>> that works fine and has a decent UI. Main downside
>> of it is that the drive letters can change with multi
>> disk setups but thats not really a problem, you
>> just have to be careful about that
>
> I have been using a very-old free home-type Macrium that still works,
> but I'm worried it might be discontinued soon.  I use just an external
> 1TB drive to store backups.   I want simple! simple! simple!

Yeah, thats why I keep using that Acronis True Image
and since it doesn't check with Acronis, it will work
forever until say there is a new drive format that it
doesn't support, and that's very unlikely given that
I don't bother with linux except to do backups

And I use an external 2TB drive to store backups
and backup 2 systems to that

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#74278

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:32:22 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:55:35 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:25:20 +1000, "Rod Speed"
>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>>
>>>>>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.
>>>
>>>>> Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system
>>>
>>>> I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.
>>>
>>>> But I'll seek others.
>>>
>>>> The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
>>>> extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!
>>>
>>> I use an old version of Acronis True Image which
>>> boots a linux removable drive on USB or CD and
>>> that works fine and has a decent UI. Main downside
>>> of it is that the drive letters can change with multi
>>> disk setups but thats not really a problem, you
>>> just have to be careful about that
>>
>> I have been using a very-old free home-type Macrium that still works,
>> but I'm worried it might be discontinued soon.  I use just an external
>> 1TB drive to store backups.   I want simple! simple! simple!
>
>Yeah, thats why I keep using that Acronis True Image
>and since it doesn't check with Acronis, it will work
>forever until say there is a new drive format that it
>doesn't support, and that's very unlikely given that
>I don't bother with linux except to do backups
>
>And I use an external 2TB drive to store backups
>and backup 2 systems to that

Is there any "forever" software?  I thought future OS might render
them obsolete.  

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#74279

On Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:52:40 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:32:22 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:55:35 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:25:20 +1000, "Rod Speed"
>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>> Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.
>>>>
>>>>>> Plenty of backup apps can do that on an Win11 system
>>>>
>>>>> I've tried the one built into Windows; seems to work.
>>>>
>>>>> But I'll seek others.
>>>>
>>>>> The "Home" Macrium is so complex as to require joining two or more
>>>>> extensions requiring passwords etc.  Beyond comprehension!
>>>>
>>>> I use an old version of Acronis True Image which
>>>> boots a linux removable drive on USB or CD and
>>>> that works fine and has a decent UI. Main downside
>>>> of it is that the drive letters can change with multi
>>>> disk setups but thats not really a problem, you
>>>> just have to be careful about that
>>>
>>> I have been using a very-old free home-type Macrium that still works,
>>> but I'm worried it might be discontinued soon.  I use just an external
>>> 1TB drive to store backups.   I want simple! simple! simple!
>>
>> Yeah, thats why I keep using that Acronis True Image
>> and since it doesn't check with Acronis, it will work
>> forever until say there is a new drive format that it
>> doesn't support, and that's very unlikely given that
>> I don't bother with linux except to do backups
>>
>> And I use an external 2TB drive to store backups
>> and backup 2 systems to that
>
> Is there any "forever" software?  I thought future OS might render
> them obsolete.

The main possibility ot that is a new drive format

Not very likely but certainly possible

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#74273

Peter Jason wrote:
> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.

https://www.aomeitech.com/

-- 
Linux Mint 22.3

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#74274

Axel <none@not.here> wrote
> Peter Jason wrote

>> Is this possible using Windows11?   I want something like Macrium.

> https://www.aomeitech.com/

Its chinese

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