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I see each vendor has a different idea what these free sites are all about.
I keep thinking we are we users give marketing feedback for a current version.
Vendors seem to think otherwise, either giving us a limited-use period that expires, or an already retired program where feedback is useless because, hey, the vendor has already moved on, and few vendors participate in the discussions.
I suppose OO-Software just wants us to become familiar with their product so that maybe someday we will buy.
And maybe they figure that giving away their old version at least keep their competitors out of our computers, maybe.
Um … thanks?
But I don’t feel like much of a participating-partner with OO-Software with this offer.
v11 User’s Guide, 229 pages ( ! ): https :// www. oo-software. com/en/docs/usersguide/oodi11. pdf
v11 Product Manual: https :// docs. oo-software. com/en/oodiskimage-11
Product Releases:
O&O DiskImage 14 Professional Edition 14.0.307 November 08, 2018 –
O&O DiskImage 12 Professional Edition 12.0.109 October 25, 2017 –
O&O DiskImage 12 Server Edition 12.0.109 October 25, 2017 –
O&O DiskImage 12 Workstation Edition 12.0.109 October 25, 2017 –
O&O DiskImage 11 Professional Edition 11.0.61 July 06, 2016 – December 31, 2018
O&O DiskImage 11 Server Edition 11.0.87 October 19, 2016 – December 31, 2018
O&O DiskImage 11 Workstation Edition 11.0.87 October 19, 2016 – December 31, 2018
That is the weirdest mis versioning, where v11 and v12 are simultaneous, then v12 and v14 are simultaneous, and there’s no v13.
What’s the difference?
v12 “… substantially increased the speed of data backups in the new version 12 … twice fast[er] in backing up … New: File Backup Function. We have developed this anew to increase speed across the board. When measured for single files, mixed files and program files, Backups are now twice fast[er than ] ever before, New: Fully compatible with the Fall Creators Update from Microsoft, Optimized: Creating a native Boot Medium for Bare-Metal Restore …”
v14 “… The new DiskImage To Go function automatically turns an external hard drive that you select to store an image on (or USB flash drive with enough storage space) into an O&O DiskImage boot medium, and marks this disk as the preferred storage medium for future system backups. As soon as you connect this external USB hard disk to your computer, O&O DiskImage 14 automatically creates an image of all internal drives and the data partition onto it … O&O DiskImage 14 now brings full support for the VHDX (Virtual Hard Disk) Format. The main advantage of VHDX is its increased storage capacity of 64 TB (terabytes), instead of VHD’s standard storage limit of 2 TB. Another advantage of VHDX is the file corruption protection.
So, v12 and v14 are twice faster and compatible with Windows 10 current editions, and v14 adds “Disk To Go” auto self backup, and VHDX hard drive compatibility for more than 2 TB.
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I tend to reinstall a crashed computer using original installation media.
I tend to backup to a variety of separate drives for each type of data, a music drive, a documents drive, a couple of movie drives, a TV drive, an installation programs drive.
Yeah, that’s a lot of drives, but that spreads risk, and drives are cheap, and they tend to pile up as I upgrade, so old ones become the archive storage.
I tend to drag and drop across a home network using free TeraCopy to only send new files, or use free RoboCopy in a batch file to do the same, and go to bed, by morning, everything’s backed up from all computers to all my archive drives.
And any computer can see all the backup.
Wanna watch a movie?
I can do that from any computer.
Wanna listen to an album?
I can do that from any computer.
Wanna find a document?
Again, I can do that from any computer.
Should I explore OO-Software DiskImage v11 to see if it can take the contents from a dozen or so well-organized drive around my home network, and bifurcate it across a variety of network drives for separate backups by type?
Or should I just continue to use free batch files of my own making and free RoboCopy commands of my own selection?
I’m thinking that learning OO-Software DiskImage v11 may be an investment in a too too limited set of capabilities that are already left behind by the vendor.
I think I’ll stay with the all-purpose freebies of free batch files and free RoboCopy n=on a schedule ( and free TeraCopy on demand ).
Thanks for the opportunity to revisit my own backup routine.
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