Paramount Software has released Macrium Reflect Free 6, the personal-use-only edition of its popular imaging backup tool.
The big addition is support for differential images, which save time by only recording the data that has changed since the last backup.
New support for backup templates makes this easy to use. There’s no need to set up a schedule manually, just choose the "Differential Backup Set" template and v6 Free automatically creates the necessary backup jobs for you.
Images can now be automatically verified to ensure their integrity, as long as you don’t mind the performance hit (see Advanced Settings > Auto Verify Image if you want to turn this on).
The Windows PE rescue environment is easier to set up and use, automatically identifying and (if possible) installing any extra drivers you need for disk or network access, and optionally creating a boot menu so you can launch it without needing a rescue disc.
Macrium Reflect Free 6 is available now for Windows XP and later.