You can backup your Documents folder and save the backup configuration as an XML file for easy re-running and scheduling.Ī Disk Image stores the information required to completely restore disks (or their individual partitions) exactly as they were when the image was taken.Ĭloning with Macrium Reflect creates an exact copy of partitions to a different drive. For example, Upgrading to a larger hard drive or moving from a large magnetic hard disk to a smaller and faster SSD. When you Clone a hard drive, you can boot from the target disk on the same system after cloning. You can clone to a hard drive installed in your computer or to a hard drive installed in a USB hard-drive Caddy. Cloning your hard drive creates a bootable new hard drive with the state of your computer at the time you undertook the clone. Unlike other backup solutions, Macrium Reflect can backup open and locked files by using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). With Macrium Reflect you can boot the target disk on the same system after cloning.

The Macrium Reflect Server Plus for Exchange and SQL version adds MS Exchange and MS SQL Server backup capabilities to this.Ī File and Folder backup is a useful way to backup your working files, personal files, and precious data. Cloning can overwrite the data and partitions on the hard drive you are cloning to. Macrium Reflect creates File and Folder backups as well as disk images including cloning complete disks.

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