System image backup: Use Windows 10 or Backupper?

pete_agreatguy · 7 Apr 2017 at 17:37

Hi all,

Which is best to use as a system image backup?

Windows 10 Pro tool or Backupper?

Note: This will be a system image after updates and a clean install. It will be put onto a USB 3.0 pen drive

Disco_P · 7 Apr 2017 at 22:39

I use aomei. Daily 7pm incremental backups and then every now and then I do a full backup and delete the old ones. This way the backups aren't tens to hundreds of gigabytes each but rather a single large backup and subsequent smaller ones. For your use I'd use the tool to create bootable media, legacy mode, select the pen drive and let it do it's thing. Verify it boots then do the backup to the same pen drive. That way to restore you can boot into the pen drive and use the image on the pen drive easy peasy.

Be careful when restoring that you are restoring to the correct drive.

pete_agreatguy · 8 Apr 2017 at 14:11

I never thought to include the backup image on the same UBS drive. I like to use an old 4GB usb 2.0 pen drive to boot from, then have a usb 3.0 pen drive for the backup image so that it transfers over a lot quicker.

It's not for me, it's for my dad's new laptop I got him. Hence the system image backup. For backups I've taught him to use Allway Sync to sync his backups. Might look at backupper for this now though as only just clicked!

Do you find that backupper is better than the Windows internal tool?

Rannoch · 8 Apr 2017 at 14:12

Macrium Reflect

KIA · 10 Apr 2017 at 18:07

Macrium.

Use a portable HDD instead of a USB flash drive for long term system image storage.

pete_agreatguy · 10 Apr 2017 at 18:09

Why Macrium over backupper?

mrk · 18 Apr 2017 at 08:08

I have used the Windows built in system image tool for years, always works well.

You can later browse the VHD like a drive if you want to pull certain files off, or simply restore the image using Windows Startup Recovery.

bledd · 18 Apr 2017 at 12:30

I use Macrium Reflect, I really like the free Veeam tool..

https://www.veeam.com/endpoint-backup-free.html
The simplicity is excellent!

welshdragon · 22 Apr 2017 at 12:14

Im strugglign with the windows 10 built in imager. Gets about half way saving to network share then fails

KIA · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:24

welshdragon said:
Im strugglign with the windows 10 built in imager. Gets about half way saving to network share then fails

Try Macrium.

welshdragon · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:29

Will do, should've done from the start

pete_agreatguy · 30 Apr 2017 at 16:00

Hi guys,

An update for you.

I ended up using the Windows system image recovery option for my dad's laptop.

If I were to use a third party, at the moment I would recommend using Macrium free as Backupper isn't working well at all with Windows 10 at the moment.

Pete

demonix · 30 Apr 2017 at 17:06

Most hard drive and SSD manufacturers have their own disc image creation tools (normally just a rebranded version of acronis true image).