Then about once every 18-24 months, I'll reformat the external drives and copy the data back over making sure that the external drives are still working.
How to back up all this data! I have about 20TB of movies / shows, but don't add that many each month, so I just do a manual backup with a free program called FreeFileSync as I add new media.My HDD clone is currently on W10 1803 which is fully stable for me.Įasybcd (free version is fine) is a good utility for dual / multi booting Windows fixes if you get any issues.Įdit WintoUSB is going to be my next project, so I have a USB bootable copy of Windows. Having recently suffered a complete SSD failure (replaced under RMA) being able to boot straight into my HDD clone and carry on working was a definite plus. Update the clone when you are happy that the latest FU is stable on your PC. Running cloned backups one major feature update behind the main boot drive (on a metered connection to block Windows auto updates) can minimize bug issues if they are presenting major problems to functionality. I also use cloud backups for folders and files (with versioning) and logged in browser full syncs so I can be up and running with the latest settings (even in a worst case total loss fire/flood et al scenario).Īlso copies of old and current Windows versions on MCT flash drives is useful if you want to do a quick clean install or in place upgrade, (quicker than the traditional download Windows Update method). So I'd use both, clones and regular scheduled macrium backups for restoring. Question, what is that last partition in disk0? "Healthy (Primary Partition)"?īootable clones have the advantage of getting you up and running immediately on a working PC without any need to restore, so if there's some urgent work you need to do, no problem. I am actually surprised a clone to 860 EVO M.2 worked at all. Something about being managed by the system, PM981 and PM951 appear to be identical space-wise while 860 EVO M.2 and 860 2.5" unit are a bit less, strange. Surprisingly, despite labeled as 1TB, they are not equal. The 4th drive, the 2.5" 860 SATA is just a data disk. I worked with just 2 clones (1 primary and 1 clone) for years until an accident a few days ago wiped out the EFI partition on the clone *and* the source, I was down for days. It's not incremental obviously but it dumps the entire 1TB - although it seems to me the very first time it takes 45 minutes and then 25 minutes so maybe Macrium does have some kind of incremental logic build-in. Sometimes twice per month and sometimes months go by without a clone. I clone more or less without a schedule, when enough major changes have taken place.
Which is also cloned to the Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2 SSD and can be selected as another alternative boot choice.
Which is cloned to Samsung PM951 and can be selected as an alternative boot. the primary Win 10 boot is designated as Samsung, PM981.
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