Macrium Reflect
Version 8.0.6392.0
Windows Imaging Format File (.WIM)
Windows
Macrium Reflect is a powerful full-featured software for backups. It provides many opportunities for backups of files/partitions and disk images. This is a very flexible product. There are different plans: Free, Personal, Standalone, Site Backup and Technician.
It enables making backups on the fly (without restarting the computer) using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service. Also, a user can easily mount an image as a virtual drive and just copy files from the image as from a regular folder.
Macrium Reflect is a complete backup solution and it offers rich functionality:
- protect files and OS via disk imaging technology
- Macrium Image Guardian (protection against ransomware)
- create disk images in Windows Explorer for easy recovery
- backup files and folders to a single compressed archive file
- backup entire PC or workstation to a single compressed image file
- full file/folder level backup and recovery
- email notifications
- disk cloning
- backup scheduler
The program has lots of settings, so a new user may be a little confused at first, though it does not take much time to learn the ins and outs.
Macrium Reflect pros: high speed of work, many useful functions, multiple versions of the program for various OS and devices.
Macrium Reflect cons: pricing higher than of competition, difficult for beginners.
The program performs with good speed when cloning files, creating disk images and restoring backup files. Several versions of this program will help you find the one that suits your needs for functionality and price the best.