Confused about backup/rescue options

RDG said:

Okay. I think I understand now. Found this: EXE File vs ISO File, What's the Difference? Thanks so much your help and patience

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@RDG Thanks for posting that link. Clear and concise explanation.

antspants said:

Not at all, unfortunately Bree. I just made that tutorial for people who may be as simple as I am. And also because I thought it might contribute to the traffic brought into this forum

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@ants was very patient with me when I had troubles creating a backup.

Bree said:

No typo. Official Macrium statement for Reflect V8.

Macrium Rescue Media Builder - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

knowledgebase.macrium.com

Here's one I made earlier on an 8GB USB, then shrank the rescue media partition to it's minimum possible size (792MB) so that I could create a 2nd partition as a scratch drive to use for data and other files.

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My apologies for not getting back to you but life threw some curve balls unrelated to my PC. The reason I asked was that the Hasleo Rescue Disk appeared to be empty. I had attempted to use a 32GB disk when using Hasleo image backup and it ultimately failed because there was not enough space and when I had viewed that disk, it had been empty except for the folder name. Based on that, I wrongly concluded, when I saw nothing on the rescue disk, that it, too had failed for lack of space. Despite having File Explorer set to NOT hide system files, the files, the Hasleo Rescue Disk files could not be seen. Properties, however, showed that the disk had data so I icontacted Hasleo who comfirmed that it was there, but hidden. I suggested that they at least include a viewable readme or log file that one could see! You have been so kind and patient and helpful. I apologize for bothering.