iolo System Mechanic trashed my Windows 7, even blowing out a RAM partition that I’ve used for several months. Some software programs would no longer launch, etc. Fortunately I had, on another disk, a very recent system backup. Be sure that *YOU* do a full system backup *BEFORE* installing iolo System Mechanic so as to actually *RECOVER* from a potential major mess-up! I’ve used the free edition of Macrium Reflect for several years; it’s truly great. Also when I installed iolo System Mechanic some months ago I could not at that time boot my machine. I got a BSOD at every attempt to boot into Windows 7.