If Macrium Reflect X is too expensive, what will you switch to?


If Macrium Reflect X is too expensive, what will you switch to?

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I will keep using 8.1 for as long as it keeps working (I have 4 'lifetime' licences). If it stops working one day then I will consider using an alternative.

Just wondering if there will be any more updates for 8.1 because there hasn't been any for ages now? Not to worry, as long as it still works I'm not bothered.

Oh, I had this pop up when I opened Reflect this morning. Sorry, not interested... like a lot of people I don't do subscription software.
 

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OnesieBackup said:
There are updates for 8.1 LTSC but not sure whether you can just install LTSC on top of 8.1 and the license will still work
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Actually LTSC gets the same updates as v8.1, but long after v8.1 gets them.

Bree said:
LTSC lags behind Home. All the bug fixes in the Feb 2025 patch for LTSC were patched for v8.1 Home back in October 2024.
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See Latest Macrium Reflect 8 updates post #1,121 for a comparison of their respective Release Notes.

CarlSD said:
Just wondering if there will be any more updates for 8.1 because there hasn't been any for ages now?
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Reflect v8.1 is now in Extended Support for one year that started with the release of Reflect X on 8th October 2024.

Extended support means updates will only be issued for "...critical security and functional bugs, and compatibility issues introduced by Windows updates". There will be no "new features" or "functionality improvements". The lack of recent updates just means there are no new security or compatibility issues that need fixing.

Macrium Product Support Policy

Macrium is pleased to offer three stages of product support. Stage 1: Current Support Stage 2: Extended Support Stage 3: Self-Service Support
www.macrium.com www.macrium.com

For comparison, Reflect v7 got just three updates in its year of extended support. So far v8.1 has had two.
 

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    Windows 11 Home
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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
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    8GB
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    Radeon Graphics
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    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro 24H2, Hyper-V host machine.
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    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro 24H2, Hyper-V host machine.
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