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RDR does not take into account the file structure, it's only looking for sectors that have had their contents changed.

Yes, all such changes would be picked up. Then I think what about computer "ne're do wells"? Could they make use of the fact that we are all using RDR now? If it's the exact same size, would RDR catch that.Īnother concern is what if the "relationship" between two Windows files changed, but the files themselves didn't change. what happens if some infection takes over a. I still have the installer for that build, and use it on my machines that don't have a paid-for version. On a side note, a few year back Macrium accidentally left RDR enabled in Free for just one build (they quickly corrected that in the next update). I've been using RDR for well over a year now and not seen anything to make me think the end result is any different from a full restore of all sectors (just faster). I can't see how that would be any different from restoring all the sectors, whether they are different or the same as what's already on the drive. Generally I use backups to be able to eradicate any OS corruption or infections, should they occur.įor rapid delta restore Macrium is looking at which sectors are different in the image and just restoring those. With Rapid Delta Restore, Macrium only replaces the differences (what has changed) between the backup and what is currently ON the OS drive. Restoring from the Corsair 3.1 GTX 256GB USB thumb drive, was just as fast as restoring from a WD Black internal HDD. Maybe keep an eye on the results others get from RDR.

RDR "seems" good on the surface, but I will have to ponder this for a while.

I wonder if RDR does this as well as restoring the old fashioned way. Generally I use backups to be able to eradicate any OS corruption or infections, should they occur.

Completes in 24 seconds on my computer.īoth methods do replace MBR (which I use) on the OS drive, which is good. With Rapid Delta Restore, Macrium only replaces the differences (what has changed) between the backup and what is currently ON the OS drive. Without Rapid Delta Restore, (delta means change), restoring from a backup took the entire backup and replaced whatever was on the OS drive, with the backup. However, I noticed that with the paid version, I also get Rapid Delta Restore. Today I was testing, backing up and restoring from a USB stick (fast one). Mainly for the Image Guardian that the paid version adds. About a week or so ago, I finally got the paid version of Macrium Reflect.