best free backup program that does incrementals?

silvanet · Sep 8, 2024

Thanks @Ghot and @Bree, I wanted to get a new version that allows incremental backups. Free didn't, but Home does, although right now I"m seeing a thread below by @cereberus That says he rarely uses incremental backups any more. I'll have to check that thread.

Ghot · Sep 8, 2024

silvanet said:
Thanks @Ghot and @Bree, I wanted to get a new version that allows incremental backups. Free didn't, but Home does, although right now I"m seeing a thread below by @cereberus That says he rarely uses incremental backups any more. I'll have to check that thread.

I only do full backups. No incremental or differential.

Bree · Sep 8, 2024

silvanet said:
I"m seeing a thread below by @cereberus That says he rarely uses incremental backups any more. I'll have to check that thread.

The gist of his position is in post #1 of that thread. Basically his full backups are so fast that an incremental hardly saves any time.

He is however blessed with an i9-13900H and (presumably) more than enough storage for his images. Some of us have slower CPUs and are maybe tight on available external storage space.

I make a full backup once a month, following the Patch Tuesday update schedule. Generally that's enough, but sometime I make significant changes mid-month (a Preview CU, perhaps). In that case I'll make an incremental.

Reflect Free does not make incrementals, only diferentials. But remember, the first differential is the same size as an incremental would be. If you're only likely to do it once between full backups (as I am) then it make no difference if it's a differential or an incremental.

Amoria · Sep 17, 2024

Why not try FreeFileSync, it is free ,but for your info it always makes incremental syncs (at file level, not at block-level), i.e. it will not touch, copy or move files that have not changed (left and right) since the last sync. This applies to all sync variants.
Also there are som free and commercial tools that you can take a look like Teracopy ,Duplicati , Gs Richcopy 360 , Syncback , Allwaysync and Goodsync

pietcorus2 · Sep 17, 2024

Macrium is number one for me , second Aomei ( extra safety )...............

Always after 5 days , two complete backups with these two backuppers !

SHIELD44 · Nov 10, 2024

LeLibran said:
And one more Hasleo Backup Suite Free

installing Hasleo Backup Suite Going To Try this the Windows Historys One kept failing In 24H2 when I had 24H3 worked like a Charm . even those Microsoft Admi'ts it's bad but still use it with Out even Improving it hmmm. thats why it's best to external back up software to a simpal Jon Created the Back up Image of the The files you're going too Back up says it can't fine my H: Drive but it's working and Not re mapping it why fix what's Not Broke lol.

antspants · Nov 10, 2024

Sounds like a plan. I think?

BrianInEngland · Nov 10, 2024

Ghot said:
I only do full backups. No incremental or differential.

I do incremental backups, not just for the speed but a 2-3GB daily write to the SSD is better than a 40-50GB daily write.

antspants · Nov 10, 2024

Trying to think of a reason I’d want or need to backup my OS drive once a day?

cereberus · Nov 10, 2024

Bree said:
The gist of his position is in post #1 of that thread. Basically his full backups are so fast that an incremental hardly saves any time.

He is however blessed with an i9-13900H and (presumably) more than enough storage for his images. Some of us have slower CPUs and are maybe tight on available external storage space.

I make a full backup once a month, following the Patch Tuesday update schedule. Generally that's enough, but sometime I make significant changes mid-month (a Preview CU, perhaps). In that case I'll make an incremental.

Reflect Free does not make incrementals, only diferentials. But remember, the first differential is the same size as an incremental would be. If you're only likely to do it once between full backups (as I am) then it make no difference if it's a differential or an incremental.

Not quite sure blessed is right term - I worked a lot of overtime to get laptop, but your point is basically correct - takes me 30 seconds to do an incremental backup, 43 +/- 3 few seconds to do a full image. I only keep my last 2 or three fulls but do back them up to an external drive now and then where I hold say last 4 or 5,.

glasskuter · Nov 10, 2024

The current version of paid Macrium is Macrium X. There is no 9. As stated , the old free Marcrium 8 can still be found and can do incrementals and differentials, if I remember correctly and can be set up on a schedule. It's been a long time since I used it. As far as Macrium Workstation, that's overkill for a home user.
Correction: Per Bree Free will not do incrementals, only differentials.

Note: You may not be aware of all the changes during the last year that has affected Macrium recovery media created in all the free versions of Macrium. If you are using version 7, I would chance to say your recovery media will probably not even work now.
See this thread post 9 and 10, @Bree explanation should give you answers.

Is Macrium Reflect Free works good with latest Windows 11 update 23h2

I will be using it to create a full copy of my Windows 11 instalation so i can restore from instead of a full format but will it work good with latest Windows 11 23h2

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pparks1 · Nov 10, 2024

antspants said:
Trying to think of a reason I’d want or need to backup my OS drive once a day?

yeah, i only backup my drive probably once a month, or every two months. Not much really changes in that amount of time, nothing much for me to lose.

GCG1000 · Nov 10, 2024

pparks1 said:
yeah, i only backup my drive probably once a month, or every two months. Not much really changes in that amount of time, nothing much for me to lose.

That's not a bad idea and I may give it a shot. I've been doing weekly BU's with both Hasleo and Aomei. Generally, I do a full system BU to an external HDD, though once in a while I'll do an incremental with both of these apps. I have found that both apps do a clean restore when needed. Probably, I only need to do a full system backup, is when there is a cumulative update from MS.

Bree · Nov 10, 2024

glasskuter said:
Note: You may not be aware of all the changes during the last year that has affected Macrium recovery media created in all the free versions of Macrium. If you are using version 7, I would chance to say your recovery media will probably not even work now.

The main change is to the secure boot revocations detailing what is, and isn't, allowed to boot by Secure Boot. These may block the recovery media of any version of Reflect if it was built with a WinRE or WinPE from before the revocations.

Anything built after the July 9, 2024 updates and the first mitigation step (updating the Secure Boot DB) have been applied should still work. Anything built before that can only be booted if Secure Boot is turned off. None of this affects Reflect itself, once booted successfully Reflect v6, v7, or v8 would still work.

Microsoft said:
Recovery Media: If you encounter an issue with the device after applying the mitigations and the device becomes unbootable, you might be unable to start or recover your device from existing media. Recovery or install media will need to be updated so that it will work with a device that has the mitigations applied.

KB5025885: How to manage the Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot changes associated with CVE-2023-24932 - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com

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