使用Macrium Reflect Free一段时间后，我可以用我在标题中使用的三个词来概括。Macrium Reflect使用(Macrium Reflect)Windows 11/10中的卷影复制服务(Shadow Copy Service)来创建磁盘映像，因此比同类中的任何其他免费映像软件(free imaging software)都快。它可以将捕获的图像压缩高达 40%，从而使您可以在备份设备中保存更多快照/图像。最后，它提供了一种可启动方法，可让您立即启动和恢复系统驱动器。最重要的是，它是完全免费的。Macrium Reflect的这篇评论是我对这款软件的体验。
Macrium Reflect 免费评论
Macrium Reflect是一个磁盘映像软件；它是免费的，如果你问我这是最好的。安装新的Windows(Windows)副本并调整程序后要做的第一件事是安装Macrium。它可以帮助我创建一个可以在系统驱动器损坏的情况下使用的快照。只要磁盘驱动器相同，Macrium Reflect可以帮助您正确恢复驱动器。但是，如果您更改了驱动器大小或向硬盘驱动器添加了更多驱动器，则您的新设置将消失。
这种风险也与任何付费磁盘映像程序有关。当您回到 x 周时，您一定会丢失您在这 x 周内对系统所做的更改。撇开这些不谈，以下是我将Macrium Reflect称为最好的免费磁盘映像软件的原因：
- 使用VSS 服务，因此速度很快：(Employs VSS Service, Hence Fast:)大多数磁盘映像和克隆软件都依赖于Windows卷影复制服务(Shadow Copy Service)。Macrium 的磁盘映像软件也是如此。结果是更快的成像。如果您想知道，这里有一些卷影复制服务的详细信息。整个过程必须尽快完成。当 Windows 使用它时，该服务会花费几秒钟到一两分钟来创建图像。Macrium Reflect需要更长的时间，但这并不意味着等待数小时。对于恢复，VSS被使用，因此该部分也更快。如果将所有这些与手动备份进行比较，您将节省数小时和数小时的时间……还是数天？！通过成像，您可以在创建图像的同时继续工作。与备份程序相比，这是一个优点。
- 压缩：(Compression: )如前所述，Reflect可以将磁盘映像压缩高达 40%。这意味着能够存储更多备份副本。无论是计划备份还是手动备份，您都可以在使用的任何备份设备上存储更多备份副本。您将需要一张 CD 引导到Windows或Linux环境中的 PE环境。在那里，您可以使用备份设备恢复您想要的副本。
- 易于使用：(Ease of Use: )虽然如果您查看工作流程，过程会很复杂，但GUI可帮助您轻松完成工作 - 无论是在备份期间还是在恢复期间。要启动恢复(boot restore)系统，您必须将BART PE或WAID PE集成到恢复 CD 中。当您使用备份和恢复向导(backup and restore wizard)时，此集成会自动完成。
设置混乱
初始安装屏幕将免费版本称为Free/Trial，让您怀疑您是否正在安装试用软件。但不，它是Macrium Reflect的免费版本，所以继续选择。如果您也选择下载并安装 PE，则安装时间会稍长一些。但我建议您使用可引导 CD 或可能需要可引导 CD，PE 可用于此目的，允许您引导至Windows或Linux -根据您使用的操作系统。
使用适用于Windows PC的免费Macrium Reflect 成像软件(Macrium Reflect Imaging Software)
Macrium Reflect Free提供以下功能：
- (Browse)在Windows 资源管理器中(Windows Explorer)浏览备份内容
- (Boot)Hyper-V虚拟机中的启动备份
- 备份可移动闪存介质
- 创建运行 Windows 操作系统的映像
- 差分成像
- 直接磁盘克隆
- 恢复非引导系统。
创建恢复媒体
我建议的第一步是在安装 Macrium Reflect后立即创建一个(Reflect)救援媒体(Rescue Media)。从其他任务(Other Tasks)菜单中，选择创建救援媒体(Create Rescue Media)。选择您的操作系统，然后单击下一步(Next)。第二个屏幕听起来有点复杂，因为它适用于知道如何处理 PE 气氛的高级(Advanced)用户。(Users)只需(Just)单击下一步(Next)并选择默认值。在单击下一步(Next)之前，请确保您的DVD驱动器中有一张空的CD/DVD该磁盘将为将来启动做好准备——以防系统驱动器损坏。
注意(NOTE)：您也可以选择将其设为可启动笔(Pen)式驱动器。PE 支持从DVD和USB启动。如果您没有准备好任何东西，请选择创建将存储到本地磁盘的ISO映像。(ISO)您可以稍后使用ISO创建可引导磁盘或笔(Pen)式驱动器。
计划备份
拥有恢复的媒体后，您就可以安排备份了。您也可以进行手动备份。Macrium Reflect将识别您计算机上的所有磁盘驱动器，并以易于理解的格式显示它们。要映像或克隆驱动器，请选择它并根据需要单击显示“映像此驱动器(Image This Drive)”或“克隆此驱动器(Clone This Drive)”的链接。您可以选择一个文件夹(Folder)来创建可在从Rescue Media启动后使用的图像。
但是，专家建议使用外部媒体。您可以使用笔式驱动器(Pen Drive)或其他硬盘驱动器(Disk Drive)，甚至DVD。我会说只有在其他两个选项不可用时才使用DVD ，因为(DVD)DVD(DVDs)也容易被划痕等损坏。
创建图像时，您可以选择压缩级别和其他选项，包括是否在成像/克隆后关闭计算机。是的，您还可以选择最好的免费磁盘映像软件Reflect来仅对驱动器上包含数据的扇区进行映像，从而使备份文件的大小更小。(Reflect –)
Macrium Reflect 7 免费版(Free Edition)包括以下新功能：
- 集成的 viBoot 2：Macrium备份映像的即时虚拟化。
- 任务计划程序 2(Task Scheduler 2)：为了与Windows 10兼容。
- 获准用于商业用途：Macrium Reflect 7 免费版现已获准在商业环境中使用。
您可以从它的主页(home page)下载它。
在Macrium Reflect的这篇评论中，我省略了一些易于理解的功能。
Macrium Reflect Free Review: Best Disk Imaging Software for PC
After using Macrium Reflect Free for a while, I can sum it up in the three words I used in the title. Macrium Reflect employs the Volume Shadow Copy Service in Windows 11/10 to create a disk image and hence is faster than any of the other free imaging software in its category. It can compress the captured images up to 40%, thereby allowing you to save more snaps/images in your backup device. Finally, it offers a bootable method that allows you to boot and restore your system drive in no time. And above all, it is completely free. This review of Macrium Reflect is my experience with the software.
Macrium Reflect Free Review
Macrium Reflect is a disk imaging software; it is free, and it is the best if you ask me. The first thing to do after installing a fresh copy of Windows and tuning up programs is install Macrium. It helps me create a snapshot that I can use in the event of a spoiled system drive. As far as the disk drives are the same, Macrium Reflect can help you restore the drives properly. However, if you have changed the drive size or added more drives to the hard disk drive, your new settings will be gone.
That much risk is associated with any paid disk imaging program as well. When you go back into time by x number of weeks, you are bound to lose the changes you made to the system in those x weeks. Leaving that aside, here are the reasons why I call Macrium Reflect, the best free disk imaging software:
- Employs VSS Service, Hence Fast: Most of the disk imaging and cloning software rely on Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. So does Macrium’s disk imaging software. The outcome is faster imaging. If you wish to know, here are some details of Volume Shadow Copy Service. The entire process has to be completed as fast as possible. When Windows uses it, the service employs few seconds to one or two minutes to create images. Macrium Reflect takes a little longer, but that does not mean hours of waiting. For restoring too, VSS is used, and hence that part is faster as well. If you compare all this with manual backup, you are saving hours and hours of time… or days?! With the imaging, you can continue your work while the image is being created. That is a plus point compared to backup programs.
- Compression: As said earlier, Reflect can compress the disk images up to 40 percent. That means the ability to store more copies of backup. Whether a scheduled backup or a manual one, you get to store more copies of backup on whatever backup device you are using. You will need a CD to boot to the PE environment in either Windows or Linux environment. Once there, you can use the backup device to restore the copy you wish.
- Ease of Use: Though the processes are complex if you look at the working, the GUI helps you get the work done easily – both when backing up and during restoration. To boot restore your system, you have to get BART PE, or WAID PE integrated into the restore CD. This integration is done automatically while you are using the backup and restore wizard.
Setup Confusion
The initial installation screen calls the free version as Free/Trial, making you wonder if you are installing a trialware. But no, it is the free edition of Macrium Reflect so go ahead with the option. The installation is a bit longer if you opt to download and install PE as well. But I recommend that as you would or may need a bootable CD and PE serves that purpose, allowing you to boot to Windows or Linux – according to the operating system you use.
Using Free Macrium Reflect Imaging Software For Windows PC
Macrium Reflect Free offers the following features:
- Browse backup contents in Windows Explorer
- Boot backups in Hyper-V virtual machine
- Backup removable flash media
- Create images of running Windows OS
- Differential imaging
- Direct disk cloning
- Restore non-booting systems.
Create Restore Media
The first step I recommend is creating a Rescue Media soon after you install Macrium Reflect. From Other Tasks menu, select Create Rescue Media. Select your operating system and click Next. The second screen sounds a little complex as it is for Advanced Users who know how to handle the PE atmosphere. Just click Next with the defaults selected. Before clicking Next, make sure you have an empty CD/DVD in your DVD drive. That disk will be prepared for booting in the future – in case the system drive goes corrupt.
NOTE: You may also opt to make it a bootable Pen drive. PE supports booting both from DVD and USB. In case you do not have anything ready, select to create an ISO image that will store to your local disk. You can later use the ISO to create the bootable disk or Pen drive.
Schedule backups
Once you have the restored media, you are all set to schedule backups. You can also go for manual backups. Macrium Reflect will recognize all the disk drives on your computer and present them in an understandable format. To image or clone a drive, select it and click on the link that says Image This Drive or Clone This Drive as required. You can select a Folder to create images that can be used post booting from the Rescue Media.
However, using external media is recommended by experts. You can use a Pen Drive or another Hard Disk Drive or even a DVD. I would say use DVD only if the other two options are not available, as DVDs too tend to get corrupted by scratches etc.
When creating images, you get to select a compression level and other options including if to shut down the computer after imaging/cloning. And yes, you can also select Reflect – the best free disk imaging software – to image only those sectors on the drive that contain data thereby making the backup file size even smaller.
Macrium Reflect 7 Free Edition includes the following new features:
- Integrated viBoot 2: Instant virtualization of Macrium backup images.
- Task Scheduler 2: For compatibility with Windows 10.
- Licensed for Commercial Use: Macrium Reflect 7 Free Edition is now licensed for use in a business environment.
You can download it from its home page.
In this review of Macrium Reflect, I left out certain features that are easy to understand.
