AOMEI Backupper

Overview

Backup software only matters on the day something has gone wrong, which is why the useful measure of it is not the backup but the restore. AOMEI Backupper is built around that: every backup type it produces can be restored to the original machine, to a different machine with different hardware, or to a virtual machine, and the recovery media that performs the restore boots on systems that no longer start at all.

The backup types cover the range. A system backup captures the operating system partition and everything the machine needs to boot, a disk backup takes an entire physical drive including hidden and recovery partitions, a partition backup takes individual volumes, and a file backup covers selected folders with include and exclude rules. Each type supports full, incremental and differential schemes with a retention policy that deletes old chains automatically.

Cloning is the other half of the product and it is what most people first install it for. Disk to disk cloning migrates a working system onto a new drive with partition alignment handled for solid state targets, sector by sector cloning copies everything including free space when a forensic copy is needed, and system cloning moves just the bootable portion onto a smaller drive without dragging data partitions along with it.

The bundled editions cover single machines through to servers and technician use, which is why this package is common on service benches. Universal restore puts an image onto hardware that differs from the source and injects the drivers needed to boot, the bootable environment can be written to USB or burnt to disc, backups can target local disks, external drives, network shares or a NAS, and the whole thing can be driven from the command line for scripted deployment.

Key Features

• System, disk, partition and file level backup with include and exclude rules
• Full, incremental and differential schemes with automatic retention cleanup
• Disk to disk, system only and sector by sector cloning with solid state alignment
• Universal restore for putting an image onto different hardware with driver injection
• Bootable recovery media on USB or optical disc for machines that will not start
• Backup targets including local disks, external drives, network shares and NAS
• Scheduled backups by interval, event, login or logout
• Image verification, compression levels, splitting and encryption of backup files
• Image mounting so a single file can be pulled from a backup without a full restore
• Command line control for scripted and unattended deployment

What Changed in This Build

• Faster incremental passes on large file backup sets
• Improved cloning behaviour when the target drive is smaller than the source
• Recovery environment refreshed with wider storage controller driver coverage
• More reliable scheduled backups to network shares that reconnect slowly

System Requirements

Processor	Any x86 or x64 processor, 1 GHz or faster
Memory	1 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended
Storage	1 GB for install, plus space for backup images
Media	USB stick or blank optical disc for recovery media
Operating system	Windows 7 or newer, or a supported server edition

Release Details

Full title	AOMEI Backupper
Version string	8.4.0
Publisher	AOMEI Technology
Category	Utilities
Licence	Professional, Technician, Technician Plus and Server editions included
Platform	Windows 7 through 11, 32 and 64-bit, plus server editions
Interface language	Multilingual, 14 interface languages
Archive size	846 MB
Mirrors	4 active, all reporting online
Listed	refreshed 2 months ago, checked again 40 minutes ago

Installation Notes

• Create the bootable recovery media immediately after installing. A backup you cannot boot to restore is not a backup.
• Keep at least one backup on storage that is not permanently attached to the machine.
• Verify the first image of any new backup chain rather than assuming it is readable.

Before You Start

Read the notes above before running setup. Most of the problems people write in about are covered there, and almost all of them come down to an older version of the same software still being installed, a graphics driver that predates the release, or a security suite quarantining part of the package mid install.

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