Recommendations for full system drive backup software.
Macrium Reflect alternative; free preferred, open source best ?
I plan to buy a Solidigm 1tb nvme (I'm still on pcie 3) to use as my system drive, while relegating the 1tb WD black hdd to a backup disk.
While I have 2 hot-swap drive bays for large data drives with a cold store HDD plan, I haven't implemented a seriously proper system drive backup policy.
I've looked through forums and google search results for, initially, free open source backup options and they're not user-friendly enough for simple, local backup/restore purposes (CLI, community support, restore reliability concerns). For paid apps with free versions, Macrium Reflect have been oft-recommended but the subscription model/end-of-free seems to put off users. Coming close second is AOMEI Backupper with at least a one time license for paid, with a free version. Since my desktop is currently inoperable due to a PSU RMA, it's a bit hard to try the software so I'm asking here.
Features I'd like:
For those recommending sync-with versioning software, I'm considering that for my data drives rather than the usual manual copy that I do now (they really don't change much).
Macrium Reflect alternative; free preferred, open source best ?
I plan to buy a Solidigm 1tb nvme (I'm still on pcie 3) to use as my system drive, while relegating the 1tb WD black hdd to a backup disk.
While I have 2 hot-swap drive bays for large data drives with a cold store HDD plan, I haven't implemented a seriously proper system drive backup policy.
I've looked through forums and google search results for, initially, free open source backup options and they're not user-friendly enough for simple, local backup/restore purposes (CLI, community support, restore reliability concerns). For paid apps with free versions, Macrium Reflect have been oft-recommended but the subscription model/end-of-free seems to put off users. Coming close second is AOMEI Backupper with at least a one time license for paid, with a free version. Since my desktop is currently inoperable due to a PSU RMA, it's a bit hard to try the software so I'm asking here.
Features I'd like:
- Full drive backup (not just OS)
- Incremental (versioning granularity for specific folder/file would be a plus)
- GUI
For those recommending sync-with versioning software, I'm considering that for my data drives rather than the usual manual copy that I do now (they really don't change much).
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