If your PC won't start in future then you can boot from this, and use it to restore your last backup. Macrium Reflect – Home Edition also lets you create a bootable Linux-based rescue CD with network support. A built-in scheduler lets you run backup jobs even when you're not around You can save to external or network drives, and even DVD (there's a built-in CD/DVD packet writing engine, so no additional burning software is required). Support for Microsoft's Volume Shadow copy Service means it can create a hard drive image while you continue to use your PC, for instance. The program is easy to use, and keeps backup hassles to a minimum. You can also verify and password protect the backups. The usual options are available and the backup can use three levels of compression depending on you want fast backups or to save some disk space. Running a simple file and folder based backup, for instance, will be quick, but only because you'll probably leave so much behind: emails, contacts, browser favourites, digital photos, music, fonts, Windows and application settings, Office add-ons, browser extensions - the list goes on. Image selected disks, create an image to backup and restore Windows and last, create a File and Folder backup. On the left of the main user interface you have three main backup tasks. On starting up Macrium Reflect it first reminds you that you have not yet created rescue media and asks if you would like to create rescue media straight away. ' It is always important to make backups of your digital life. You are given a screen to choose which type of installation, Trial or Full Software install, once you have decided you click to download and install. You click to download the small install file, installation is quite straightforward.

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