

If you want file and folder backup, you’ll need one of the pay ($70 or more) versions.

Reflect Free is limited to imaging disks or individual partitions (no cloning, file backup, or other choices), but there’s an option to select only those partitions required to restore the Windows operating system. Fewer options, less clutter, cleaner lines. Though Reflect is a bit old-school in appearance, the look somehow works better with the free version. It doesn’t offer as much functionality as Aomei’s Backupper, but there’s something to be said for a backup program that hasn’t failed its fans in over a decade. Ten years later, to the benefit of users everywhere, Reflect Free 6 remains a stable, reliable way to quickly image and restore your system. Macrium was one of the first to release a free version of its backup software. If all you want to do is create backup images of your system and disks, Macrium Reflect Free is a very reliable way to do it.

This venerable freebie offers more than enough power for the average user.
