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Acronis vs. Macrium

EVERYONE NEEDS a reliable backup tool, and as we outline on page 28, that should include a full drive image of your entire system, giving you the ability to restore your PC to working order with minimal disruption in the event of disaster. This issue, we’re pitting two drive-imaging tools against each other: Macrium Reflect 8 Home Edition is the paid-for version of our favorite free drive-imaging tool, while Acronis TrueImage 2021 is a long-established and trusted heavyweight.

But do you even need to pay for a driveimaging tool? Macrium Reflect Free has protected our PCs for years, but there are some niggles that both the Home edition and Acronis resolve, the main one being support

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