Windows 7 Windows native backup and restore

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Peterr

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I have Acronis and have read it is conflicting with Win 7 with some drivers.
Also, it would be nice to not have to use third party.
What is your opinion of the thinking that the native backup and restore is very slow.?
I used Macrium and it was good.
My question is, for one who only backs up a full system image occasionally, is the Win 7 native program fast enough or does it live up to its name as being very slow. I would go with it if it had adequate speed.
I could restore my Acronis to last June so it would be free of clutter, than image with the Win 7 native program. I'd like some input before I download and uninstall etc.
Thank you
Peter
 
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Folks here will have different opinions, but Acronis is more versatile and will allow for different drive configurations. The Windows Backup is fairly well set so it will back up exactly what you imaged as far as drive configuration.

I only use the Windows Backup and have had very few problems. I also use a USB 3.0 external drive which speeds thing up quite a bit.

But you could always try the Windows Backup and see for yourself. Since you already have experience with Acronis, you could compare.
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PS I told Macrium to verify before restoring and it says, "The following drives will be overwritten- C: D:." Those are the drives I backed up.
*Does this just apply to Macrium so I will still be able to use Acronis to recover Acronis images??
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The reason I ask is because it says it is dismounting the drives.
 
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Hello
Because I started this thread, I thought I should thank those who helped.
The iso was a partial success in the respect that it created a backup. However, recovery was a problem as it said it is mounting drives C: and D but just kept spinning. I had to abort. I checked event viewer and the registry had issues. I ran chkdk and sfc and concluded I should recover with Acronis. So all is well and I thank you for your help. I too wish it worked out as I like Macrium and any problem was mine not the program.
In fairness I must say that Acronis has too much stuff in it and I read where people have issues with it. Macrium is more user frindly. I have never had a failure with Acronis but have had failures with Win 7 and Macrium free. I hate to admit it but I must go with what works for me.
Peter
 
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Thanks for all the feedback - I'm sure you will find Acronis a reliable insurance package, I've relied on it for years.
 
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