Is Macrium Reflect useless now?

B0bbyEwing

Finally got my backside in gear & went to do a file & folder backup.



Looks like it's not an option.

I'm running version v8.0.7783. 

Is there a version I can download somewhere that'll allow me to do a file & folder backup or isn't this possible? I don't want to do an image backup.

If it's not possible then is there FREE software that isn't full of bloatware that will allow me to do this?

Paid for is a total last resort, as in a 1-off payment.

Subscription is totally not an option. I'm completely against subscription based software & would resort to the tedious drag & drop process before I subscribe to anything.

Peter999_2

Hi,

The last free version that allowed file and folder copies without having to have the premium version is 7.3.

You can download it from here : 

Download Macrium Reflect 7.3.5672 for Windows - Filehippo.com

I've used filehippo for many years and haven't had any problems.

EDIT - Actually, I've found a direct link for 7.3 directly from Macrium themselves so probably the best idea to get it from there : 

https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6284/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe

B0bbyEwing

Peter999_2 said:

Hi,

The last free version that allowed file and folder copies without having to have the premium version is 7.3.

You can download it from here : 

Download Macrium Reflect 7.3.5672 for Windows - Filehippo.com

I've used filehippo for many years and haven't had any problems.

EDIT - Actually, I've found a direct link for 7.3 directly from Macrium themselves so probably the best idea to get it from there : 

https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6284/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe

Thanks for the info.

Some questions though...

How did you find the direct link? When I search "macrium reflect 7.3 download" there's seemingly no direct link.

Also, why is the direct link 110mb & the filehippo version only 5mb? I know they're not the exact file due to the numbers after the 3. 
but over 100mb difference?

Peter999_2

The filehippo version is only 5MB as it is just the bootstrapper file - when you run it it actually then connects to Macrium to download the software.

I found the direct link from the second post in this forum thread - Where can I download Macrium Reflect Version 7? | Windows 11 Forum

B0bbyEwing

Have you tried it out - file & folder backup in that version?

Because I'm still getting the exact same 'error' / no-can-do message.

So I uninstalled the version I had via control panel>programs.

Then immediately ran the installer. 

It wanted me to update to another 7.3 version so I did that but got the same error message as above.
So uninstalled THAT one, re-installed your second link & this time I said no to the update.

Still get the error message.

To clarify - on the left pane where it says "create a file and folder backup" that's what I'm clicking & I immediately get the error message.

If I click (left pane) on "image selected disk" ... then it lets me go ahead, but it's not imaging that I want to do.

Peter999_2

I've un-installed my paid for version of Macrium Reflect and installed Macrium Reflect Free and unfortunately get the same error message.   Maybe it was never part of free ever (I honestly thought it was so apologies for that).