See this POST on the Hasleo Forum for a decent explanation of what those options are and how they're used. The user has some of the same questions I have about their real meaning when used
So, the Exclude defaults SH apply to the default listed Predefined filters P? Spoiler: related pics *But still, this doesn't explain what those two flags actually mean for Filter type "Folder path", "Folder path + File name" and "File name".
Thanks, RollbackFrog, this was interesting reading. I'm just thinking. Couldn't my problems with INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE error have stemmed from expansion of the Windows Recovery partition which took some part of my Boot partition? Partition managers currently show my system disk as: 1) Windows partition (i.e. drive C), 2) Boot partition sized 200MB, and 3) Windows Recovery partition sized 626MB, which is shown as the last and adjacent to the boot partition. If expansion of Windows Recovery partition indeed took some part of my Boot partition (damaging boot data), then it could have rendered it unusable. And the image created after this was unbootable. What's your take on this? And if the boot partition has been damaged as a consequence of the recovery partition's expansion, how to repair it and make it fully functional again, short of reinstalling the OS from scratch? Here even MR boot fix feature hasn't helped. And, to be yet safer, how about moving the boot partition to the begining of the system disk? Wouldn't it be safer there? Why was it placed between my OS and the Recovery partition in the first place, if this arrangement can cause the system to be unbootable?
Well, as much as I don't hold a lot of hope for some of the decisions MicroSloth makes, I can't believe they would be inept enough to modify the EFI partition if they had to expand the Windows Recovery Partition. They seem to make a very simple decision... if the existing Windows Recovery Partition is not large enough to add the needed changes (they always involve changes in the WinRE.wim recovery media which lives in that partition), the process always reduces the OS partition and uses the freed up space from that operation to recreate the Windows Recovery Partition. That way they know what they're playing with. If you really need to attempt a repair of your BOOT EFI partition, this fairly simple TUTORIAL may help. It would be best to blow away the existing EFI partition, move the OS and Windows Recovery partitions out about 200mB from the beginning of the disk (if you do this, I would expand the Windows Recovery Partition to the previously mentioned 1gB), then use the tutorial to create a brand new EFI partition... using a newly created 200mB partition rather than the suggested 100mB partition. I suggest this mainly due to the fact that your existing EFI partition is 200mB... that is not something normally created by any normal Windows installation. That has all the earmarks of a LINUX installation, possibly as an original but more likely as a DualBOOT configuration. If that situation no longer exists, 100mB should be fine for the new EFI creation but 200mB would surely make it all safer. ***Please IMAGE YOUR ENTIRE DISK before trying this*** The location of the EFI BOOT partition is not important... it can basically be anywhere for an UEFI BiOS to use it as long as it was created properly. Clean Windows installs will always put it first, usually followed by a 16mB unformatted System Recovery partition (not important to the installation)... then the OS partition followed by the Windows Recovery Partition.
Thanks. I followed your advice and moved the 200MB Boot partition to the beginning of the system drive. Follows partition C with Windows and 1.3GB Recovery partition. All checked and confirmed healthy. System up and running OK. Hopefully, my booting problems are gone. Will keep you posted if they're not. And I have no idea how my Boot partition found itself between my Windows partition and Recovery partition. Obviously, this did not do it much good, and the problem appeared on restores. And no Linux on my machine ever, nor dual boot.
Just wanted to do a routine backup of my drive using Hasleo (not sure which version but I installed this in August) - the app does not open, just telling me that it is no longer supported asking me to download a new version. Is this normal and why is this not done directly via the gui. Instead I need to download the program again, and when installing I cannot override it but need to uninstall the original version first. Seems different from how Terabyte or Macrium work - any old version there would still be operating. It's not a big deal but given the praise heaped on this program, it feels clunky.
I can only say that the last version V5 release 2, one can check for updates from the GUI. I guess if the program does not open there is no way to check for updates...
This is the way Hasleo is managing their current FREE version development. They do not want to work on bugs in old versions, the bugs are addressed in the newer versions. As mentioned by @Osaban above, update availability is built into the current versions. This is the way it will be for a while...
Hasleo Backup Suite V5.0.2.3 Released (V5.0 Release 3)! What's new in this version: 1. Windows 11 KB5050094 update caused the program to not start in WinPE 2. Fixed bug: Failed to create VSS snapshots in some cases 3. Fixed some bugs to improve product quality Here is the download link: https://www.easyuefi.com/backup-software/backup-suite-free.html
Hi @ Wilders I am a convinced user of Hasleo Backup, but have never carried out a Universal Restore to migrate my Win 11 Desktop to a new PC. I am doing some preparatory work before I do so along with some truly exceptional help from Hasleo Support who recommended using Universal Restore. One thing I would like to understand is what happens after you have carried out a Universal Restore to my new Desktop which will be a different brand and hardware than my existing PC also it may or may not have an operating system on it. Both PC's are SSD's? What I mean by this is as follows:- 1) Will it work immediately after restore? 2) Will it require different drivers? 3) If 2) above is required how will it notify me and will it facilitate me in getting new drivers or am I on my own? Any help from someone who has done a Universal restore would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks Terry
@TerryWood - I've never done it with Hasleo but they have no additional magic then any other process does. 1. It will work following restore but may have many licensing issues due to many apps using footprints to validate their licenses. 2. It will have the basic drivers needed to run the System but not necessarily the most optimum ones. 3. Windows Update may take care of some of those drivers... the rest are yours to dig up and use. There's really not a lot of magic associated with this type of "universal restore"... best to just try it (if a new hardware config WITH a resident OS, pls image 1st before the restore).
Forgive the stupid question but would someone please tell me how to see the comments I attach to my images when I make them. I've been using the product quite a bit over the last few months for making Full, Differential, and Incremental images, and have nothing bad to say about it, other than not being able to find out how to see those comments. In fact, I'm now using it as my primary imaging tool with Reflect v8.1 for redundancy. I also use FreeFileSync for a third level of redundancy to make a copy of my data which I keep on a partition of its own. And those images and data copies are saved on four hard drives via a Plugable docking station. For anybody who might find it useful.
@AlphaOne - the only place I've ever been able to see the comment was in the 1st restore window, when you select the "Change Version" LINK, your list of images pop up with a li'l INFORMATION icon after each one. When you drift your mouse over that icon, your comment popss up. The same thing happens in the same window when you mouse drift over the selected image's information icon. No where else have I found it.
Thanks Froggie. After navigating to the folder containing the images, to see the comment attached to an image, one has to double click on an image item in the list first. I never double clicked on an image because I thought I had no reason to. I stand corrected. I think it should be technically possible (and preferable) to view the comment in the browser by hovering over the image file in the list.
Anyone knows the answer to this; When i restore with HBS using the boot menu, the bar "loading files", in restore environment, is done 2 times instead of 1 at snail pace before the actual restore takes place. Hence the restores are very slow. If i remember correctly i experienced this a couple of years ago also with HBS, and solved it by reinstalling the Os. But there must be a simpler way.
The age of your computer may have more to do with it than anything else. Some older machines, with USB3 on board, did not support those speeds at the BiOS level... only after an OS was running (with USB3 drivers) would those ports work at their rated speed. You may be experiencing that issue...
Nope, it is just about 2 years old. The thing is that it is not always so, on a fresh installed Os, no problem. This image i use now, has had IFW with its boot menu installed on it before, and IFW does something with the recovery environment that makes this happen when installing HBS. Even after IFW is uninstalled that is. The reason for this post was that i thought it may exist another way to solve this than fresh install.
Moving right along... Hasleo Backup Suite V5.2.1.0 Released (V5.2 Beta)! 1. Allows changing the priority of the backup process 2. Allows disk backup images to be mounted in writable mode 3. Allows month selection in monthly backup schedule 4. Allows to change the compression level of backup tasks created by V5.0 5. Allows to cancel backup task, show and hide windows from the system tray 6. Allows to hide the backup progress window 7. Automatically extend partitions during disk layout 8. Display the backup progress in the taskbar icon 9. Fixed a series of problems reported by users after the release of V5.0 See this POST on Hasleo's Forum for download information...
Just for info. Even though 2 programs said the disc was ok, the problem vanished after a disc change.
1) Can I run restore from a recent Haselo system image after I've run recovery drive to reinstall Windows 11? 2) On same machine with new W11 re-install. I was trying to explore Users folders from recent system images saved before new W11 re-install. I'm prompted that I do not have permission. Why? I can explore Users folder from system image after new W11 install. How can I gain access to Users folders from pre W11 reinstall. I've tried granting permissions. Seems pre new W11 install User folders are protected from me. Is this normal? Seems I need Read permissions?? Although, seems like all permissions boxes are already checked?? My external SSD = the media is write protected? Spoiler: related pics --------------------------------------------------------------- Edit: so I copy/paste - protected from me - folders to my desktop and may open/browse content from there...no issue with permissions on machine with W11 reinstall. Edit: I'm unsure whether images saved from before W11 reinstall are okay to use to Restore post W11 reinstall. I've done Images & Restores okay on same machine...but, not after a W11 reinstall on that machine.
Well, when I tried my usual restore process (return to the "old" state) .... that's when I found my old state would not let me access my Admin user account. I did not have permission. I could access my seldom used Standard user account...but, because I did not have an Admin password (my Admin user password would not work - something chanaged). My Standard user account was useless sans Admin password. I started over and re-ran recovery drive reinstall. And this time...I manually created my machine (old state) because I'm thinking doing a restore will introduce my "permission" issue again. After initial recovery drive W11 re-install. I must have changed something steping thru new W11 setup dialogs that created a scenario where pre W11 image did not recognize post W11 install Admin user account. IDK...and my Standard user account had programs desktop shortcuts that should not have been there with a W11 recovery drive out-of-the-box install. IDK. That's when I (started over) ran another recovery drive install. I was able to copy/paste User files from one day old pre W11 re-install...image...like browser bookmarks. I'm wondering what happened with initial image restore after initial W11 recovery drive install. I must have done something.... Thanks for reading my rambling.
