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Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium

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On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:14:10 +0000, Jim the Geordie
<jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

>On 16/02/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Jim the Geordie wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> What I really want is to buy a new computer to replace this ageing one,
>>>> and to transfer as much of the info on this machine to the new one.
>> [...]
>> 
>>    Two additions to Graham's excellent (of course! :-) post:
>> 
>>    The new computer will not only have different hardware, which will
>> require different drivers, but it will also very likely have Windows 11,
>> instead of your current Windows 10, so a one-to-one copy is also not
>> possible for that reason.
>> 
>>    When - or before - you stop using your old computer - and perhaps get
>> rid of it - use Macrium Reflect to make a complete image backup of that
>> computer and keep it 'forever', just in case there was something on the
>> old computer which you forgot to copy, were not aware of that it was
>> needed, etc.. You can restore files from the 'old' image to the new
>> computer. External disk space is cheap, so no reason not to have this
>> fallback. (I still have image backup of my previous computer and the one
>> before that, covering 10 years (from last use of the oldest one.).
>> 
>>    Hope this helps.
>
>So, you are saying that I could save an Image (not Clone!?) of my 
>present Windows 10 pc, using Macrium, and in the event of moving to a 
>Windows 11 pc, I could selectively copy files from that Image to the new 
>one?

Technically, if the task is to preserve your files so that you can
access them later, that can be accomplished with both an image and a
clone. Arguably, a clone will be slightly easier to work with because
your files are easier to access. They're just sitting there, exactly the
way you're used to seeing them. An image will require you to "mount" it
before you can access its files, and then probably unmount it
afterwards, so it's one or two extra steps. Both approaches, clones and
images, have their own pros and cons, but they still have a lot in
common.

Having said all of that, I think the consensus is that you should use an
image, rather than a clone, to preserve your files. That's what I would
do.

>If that is the case then using the Macrium method which keeps the files 
>current (incremental?), would be better/easier than me just backing-up 
>'Documents', 'Images' and the like when I remember to do so?

I refer you to the advice from VanguardLH, where he says that regularly
scheduled (automated) backups are usually preferred because humans can't
be relied upon to perform backups on a regular basis, even with the best
of intentions.

 

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Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-14 18:05 +0000
  Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-14 13:18 -0500
  Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-14 13:34 -0500
    Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-15 09:56 +0000
      Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-15 05:43 -0500
        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-15 11:51 +0000
          Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-15 07:07 -0500
      Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-15 11:46 +0000
        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 16:00 +0000
          Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-17 00:14 +0000
            Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-16 23:36 -0600
              Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-17 12:38 +0000
              Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:03 -0500
            Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:27 +0000
              Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-17 16:09 +0000
                Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 18:41 +0000
                Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-18 15:36 +0000
                Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-18 18:25 +0000
      Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-15 09:44 -0500
        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-16 00:53 +0000
          Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-15 23:38 -0500
      Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-15 09:52 -0500
        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 15:36 +0000
        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-16 16:48 +0000
          Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-16 12:39 -0500
          Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-17 00:17 +0000
            Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-02-17 09:45 +0000
  Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-14 18:55 +0000
    Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-14 17:34 -0500
  Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-02-14 20:57 +0100
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        Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-15 03:34 -0500
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