I wondered if anyone here has experience with a system backup app for win 7 & win 8 systems with UEFI + GPT + secure boot?
Doesn't matter if the software is free or paid, just that it works.
I have researched this myself, but would sure appreciate any recommendations from you guys, knowing those would be unbiased.
For win xp I can still use Acronis, but my old version doesn't work on the win 7 desktop with UEFI + GPT.
Also, the latest versions of Acronis are a bit iffy if the commentators are right, so don't want to try them.
The built in windows imager on the win 7 box will not work. It will make the recovery CD but that will not boot. HP support said the win 7 recovery system is disabled or replaced by the HP factory restore system, which only restores to factory original condition.
It looks like the win 8 laptop is going to be more difficult because it has UEFI + GPT + secure boot
Have not tried anything on the win 8 laptop yet, but am guessing HP set it up the same as the win 7 box.
The ideal software would back up all those new kinds of partitions, like the EFI and the SRP and the GPT formatting, in the state they are in at the time, just like the older backup softwares did. In other words, just an image of the disk "as is".
The perfect software would do this from a boot disk without needing installation.
On other forums I have read good reports about Image for Windows and Macrium Reflect Pro.
Thanks very much for any comments.