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"Free" Standard Backup software is nothing but a rip-off

sionnachsionnach
in AOMEI Products Support
I downloaded the so-called free Standard version of Aomei Backupper for the purpose of making a ONE drive clone. Both drives are GPT, one slightly larger than the other, and your software claims to be free for that purpose. But when I set it up and click "clone", I immediately get a popup ad trying to force me to purchase a subscription to Pro. If I close the ad and try again to clone, it just comes back. Your "free" software is a flat-out bait-and-switch lie-  it's completely non-functional. 
I do NOT have the trial version, I have the so-called "Standard" version. 

Comments

  • DavyDavy
    I used the free version for many years and it successfully did all the backups that I needed. I then purchased the Professional version which has more functionality of course.
    No complaints at all.
  • adminadmin
    @Sionnach, Standard version only support clone MBR system disk to MBR. For GPT system disk clone, it is a paid item.
  • BrutalMoose2BrutalMoose2
    edited December 2022
    Aomei Backupper is one of the best softwares I have ever used, I highly recommend buying the full version, as Davy said as well. The free version does provide a lot of good services too. On your GPT disk, have you tried creating a backup .ADI file, and then restoring that file to your destination disk? Have you tried using Aomei Partition Assistant feature full disk clone?
    Great free tools from Aomei:
    Aomei WinPE Builder 2.0 USB, includes: Partition Assistant, Backupper, Recuva, OSF Mount, CPU-Z, Bootice. Does not work with internal NVMe drives, even when manually added.

    https://www.aomeitech.com/win-pe.html

    How to create your own personal Windows To Go, with
    Partition Assistant:

    https://www.diskpart.com/lib/wintogo.html

    Other great tools not from Aomei:

    Hirens Boot PE - live USB tool suite, to add custom drivers such as NVMe, simply put them into the “CustomDrivers” folder
    https://www.hirensbootcd.org

    Please reply to let everyone know how you resolved your issue, thank you Sionnach.

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