Hi, I'm a novice to EasyUEFI, but used multiboot before with older BIOS systems.

I have an ASUS laptop with an updated UEFI BIOS and Windows 11 installed. The OS drive is large enough, so I want to copy to it another Windows 11 install from a different PC that has a different set of apps installed, and plan to add its boot entry to EasyUEFI.

Before doing that I wanted to clarify the following:

- if the 2nd Windows install currently runs from another UEFI PC, what partitions should I clone to the ASUS laptop drive in addition to the 2nd Windows System partition? Should I also copy UEFI and Recovery partitions from the 2nd PC? Will the 2nd UEFI partition be used at 2nd Windows startup on ASUS laptop, and will the 2nd OS Recovery work as expected if needed?

- if the 2nd Windows install is MBR disk based from a non-UEFI older BIOS PC, what partitions should I copy to the ASUS laptop drive in addition to the 2nd Windows partition? Should I also copy the MBR sector and Windows Recovery partition, and will it work if needed or be used at all?

Thanks a lot guys

This is interesting.  I'm currently trialing HBS, waiting for my next paycheck to but it.  I have 12 days left on the trial.  The Windows sees this, that there is time left on the trial.  The PE disc I created sees this to be true as well.  However, if I use another PE disc that I built myself, and use the  files in \bin\WINPE to execute HBS, my trial is send to have expired.  There is not an issue with the date/clock.  How can the trial be expired yet also seen as still having time left?

Hi !
I've been using HBS free for 1 year now and for me it was mostly set it and forget it.
Saved me a few times though !

A few days ago I noticed I had no notification about HBS.... Had a look at the log and for sure there were a bunch of errors. Starting october 1st, without any obvious pattern, I started getting the following :
   
Task is supposed to start dayly at 3:30am, there is NO error in windows events log.

Restarting the computer and manually starting the task works just fine.

I don't know which version of HBS it started with (if it's even related !). What I know is that I had this problem with 5.5.2.0 and upgrading to 5.5.2.1 hasn't changed anything.

Any help would be greetly appreciated.
Daniel.

Before I purchase I'd like to know a little more about how licensing works. This is from the perspective of a person who never uses Hasleo while installed on Windows except to make the Rescue.iso. I only make and restore backups from the rescue environment and always remove the program from my PC after making the Rescue.iso.

Example scenario:
I am currently using "PC-1" and I buy the non-lifetime version (I understand how that works with no major version upgrade, 5.x to 6.x etc.).
A year or two from now, I upgrade my mainboard and CPU, and reinstall Windows 10 Enterprise (or maybe even Windows 12 Enterprise) onto a clean, wiped hard drive. Now it is "PC-1.a".
Does Hasleo still work or de-activate itself? What about the Rescue Disk I created? Is it checking for hardware changes or good to go?

Another year later, I upgrade my GPU and get a new SSD and now it's "PC-1.b" almost "PC-2" by now. Still work or de-activated?

After the changes from "PC-1" to "PC-*.*", will Hasleo still install and activate long enough to make a new Rescue.iso from version 5.5.2.1 to say 5.8.0.0, or will it see a new mainboard and CPU and refuse to activate? Does it phone home to check activation after the initial activation, ever? Is an internet connection required, ever, after the initial purchase and activation?

Each time I install-make rescue.iso/uninstall, reinstall new version-make new rescue.iso/uninstall it to upgrade my Rescue.iso from one minor version to the next minor version (same goes for Major versions if Lifetime License), does it activate without issue or does it think I am installing it on a second PC and refuse? Does it give me one of those "This license is already used and invalid" messages?

I'm not trying to be difficult, but I've run into similar problems in the past, many times, and need to know exactly how it works before I pay for a product I may not even be able to use in ~two months.

Thanks in advance.

I have been using 2 tasks (one for C drive & one for D drive) - full disk backup
Both have been scheduled for 8:00am and the option to run if missed was enabled.
The computer is usually started some time shortly after 8:00
I was finding that the C drive task usually ran first and would fail every now and then.
The D drive task was pretty reliable.

I had wondered if timing was an issue... let's say the computer was started at 8:01
and the HBS task activates before the USB drive was fully on-line.

My work around that seemed to give me more reliable backups:
- disable the HBS schedules
- create a .cmd task that include the 2 backup tasks
- use Windows scheduler to activate the .cmd

Unfortunately the new home release does not have CLI support so I will have to go back
to HBS scheduling. I will monitor my backups more closely to see if I can
find any pattern to the failed updates. (Comment: It would be nice to have CLI
support in the home version)

JD

Just for clarity, I would like to know what support is available if
I do NOT select lifetime support

Will I be able to download updates for some amount of time
or is the support tied to the version in effect when purchased?

For personal use I plan to purchase the family bundle
with life-time support.

However, I will want to purchase a commercial version for
an NPO where I volunteer (limited budget) so probably
would not purchase the life-time support.

Thanks for any info

JD

As the Forum grows with the increasing popularity of the Hasleo Backup Suite, I would like to suggest that the @admin consider posting Forum Rules as the top pinned post in this subforum for members.

Many of us longtime members of many Forums know the importance of Forum Rules.  Without them, new, and existing Forum members can claim that their posts did not violate any Forum Rules, so they should be allowed to post anything, regardless of content.  We all know of the issues on other Forums where people have gotten way out of bounds "discussing" politics, religion, etc.  Others post completely false information about a product or go completely off-topic.  Some even become very abusive and hostile  The list of abuses is enormous, including spam posts; hence, the reason that every Forum I frequent, about 12 per day, have Forum Rules to protect the company, and to protect its members in good standing.

Forum Rules would make it clear that Hasleo intends to protect its good name, and that their Forums are not available to be used for other than the purposes stated; for example, discussion politics, religion, race, etc.   The stated purpose of these Forums is to respectfully discuss Hasleo products, not anything else.

I would be willing to undertake to prepare a draft set of Forum Rules for review by @admin and other members.  I am guessing that the more senior members of this Forum, like @Froggie would accept, if asked, to assist in the review process.

I submit this for your consideration.  Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

When Installation mode = VHDX, the Virtual hard disk size numeric field does not accept keyboard input. The value can only be changed using the spinner arrows or by pasting a number. This makes large adjustments (e.g., from 2 TB default down to 500 GB) slow and frustrating.



Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch WinToUSB Professional.
   
2. Select a Windows 11 ISO and edition.
   
3. Choose a destination disk.
   
4. Set Partition scheme = GPT for UEFI and Installation mode = VHDX.
   
5. Click into Virtual hard disk size and attempt to type 500.
   

• Keystrokes are ignored; the number does not change.
  
• Only the up/down spinner arrows change the value.