Question Acronis True Image or Macrium Reflect X -- which is best to stick with for backups on 3 computers ?

[bikemanI7]

Should I resume using Acronis True Image, subscription valid til June 2025 or continue using Macrium Reflect X ?

I panicked back in February 2025 and bought Macrium Reflect X worrying about paying for the renewal of Acronis, but now I think I can do it as long as I can cut out ordering doordash so much, i should have more than enough funds to cover it for my 3 computers.

Or should i wait til June and see if I can really cover the renewal of Acronis, and go from there?

 

[USAFRet]

Imagine if i ever need to do a clone, Macrium Reflect X probably will work right, only way to test that soon is possibly maybe Clone Boot NVMe to Samsung 990 Pro Game NVMe, and then move them to the other ones slot, and make the 990 Pro as the new Boot drive if i ever wanna go thru that hassle

I use Macrium for backups duties as well as cloning.
It works.

 

[evermorex76]

So if it was this easy for a Storage drive, In the future i'm confident now if i had to restore C Boot drive with the USB stick, i can definitely get it done now.

I've thought the same thing in the past, using Reflect as well as True Image for both cloning and restoring from backup images, and for whatever reason had to jump through hoops to actually get it to boot. Recreating the EFI partition, BCD file, etc., even though every partition was part of the image and was restored as far as I could see. I've accepted that the important thing is that the C drive is properly restored so the OS and apps are going to be functional, and then getting it bootable may just be an annoying additional step.

 

[USAFRet]

I've thought the same thing in the past, using Reflect as well as True Image for both cloning and restoring from backup images, and for whatever reason had to jump through hoops to actually get it to boot. Recreating the EFI partition, BCD file, etc., even though every partition was part of the image and was restored as far as I could see. I've accepted that the important thing is that the C drive is properly restored so the OS and apps are going to be functional, and then getting it bootable may just be an annoying additional step.

Using Macrium Reflect, I've not had an issue recovering a properly imaged C drive. To a new drive, or overwriting the existing.

It 'just works'. No hoops needed.