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Philipess
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Apr 02, 2025
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Recommend Imaging Software for Windows 11

I've been using and old paid version of Acronis True Image for years to create Full Disk Images of my OS partition. I don't don't incremental. Just a simple full backup which I do manually as needed, usually every few weeks or montly. I also use the password feature which I believe means I'm using encryption.

I'm putting together a new build (thanks to other Tom's Hardware people) and I'll be using Windows 11 for the first time. I don't think Acronis officially supports Windows 11, but even if it does, my 2016 version is old and it takes a few minutes every time I do a backup just to select the options.

Anyway, I'm hoping someone can recommend a good basic imaging software. But, unlike Acronis, it doesn't seem to copy the "Recovery Partition" or the "EFI System Partition" along with the OS partition (C:). Or mabye it does but I'm just not aware it's happening. I'm not really sure how important it is to backup the other partitions, so maybe someone could explain.

  • Macrium Reflect is a popular disk imaging software that offers a free version. It allows you to create full system backups easily and can also handle differential or incremental backups if needed.

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    OhioValley
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    Macrium Reflect is a popular disk imaging software that offers a free version. It allows you to create full system backups easily and can also handle differential or incremental backups if needed.

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