The best early Black Friday 2024 deals

Hey, has anyone tried Macrium Reflect? I saw they have a Black Friday deal on and I'm tempted to get it: https://www.macrium.com/products/home. A few people at work have recommended it to me.

A lot of people here have used Macrium Reflect for years.

It is highly regarded.

But......

At one time, you could buy it outright and have a "lifetime" license. They have recently switched to a subscription model...........which may or may not bother you at all.

I think maybe 30 dollars a year with some possibility of a discount? I paid under 20 for a lifetime license.

There are free alternatives, but they are becoming harder to find.
 
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Thanks! Yeah I know some people that have a lifetime license and some with subscription. Tbh I pay subscription for most things so I don't mind that part! The free ones haven't been the best for me so far. I think I'll just go for it! Thank you
 
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It is pretty much trouble free and there is only a small likelihood you would need support.

There is a Reflect forum, but it is not officially a Macrium forum. I think some Macrium employees do look at it with some regularity.

It can both image and clone. You can use it to back up personal files as well as system files, although it is not an ideal method for the former.

Lots of control...typically you'd choose all partitions on a drive, but you can select which partitions as you see fit.

I use full images only and make one a month. Others use incrementals and various frequencies. Takes maybe 5 minutes. Restorations take a bit longer as I recall....I rarely restore.
 
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