If, on the other hand, secure data encryption is relevant, then one of the first places to look at is at Macrium’s own upgraded Reflect 8 Home solution. It might be the case that encryption is not important for your own individual use case regarding disk imaging software and this section is irrelevant.

NB – Whilst encryption of data will not be relevant in some circumstances, such as migrating an existing system directly from an old hard disk to a new one, it is strongly recommended to encrypt any data which is backed-up and then stored away for safe keeping and later recovery!

Full SQL & Exchange server backup & recoveryWhilst the free version of Macrium Reflect does offer first-class disk imaging and backup capabilities, one feature notably missing from this free edition is the ability to apply strong encryption to any resulting data which is backed-up using the product!.

Exchange Mailbox Restore (Granular Recovery).

Backup your entire physical or virtual Server to a single compressed image file.

Restore images to dissimilar hardware using Macrium ReDeploy.

Recover partitions and entire disk images with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Backup files and folders to a single compressed archive file.

Backup your entire PC to a single compressed image file.

This is a professional piece of software whose main purpose consists of catering to your every backup need, being able to work not only with files, folders or system partitions, but also Exchange and SQL Server installations. Macrium Reflect 7 All Edition ( Workstation / Server / Server Plus ) is available as a free download from our software library.

Macrium reflect free download