I'm a fairly recent new convert to Hasleo Backup, coming from many, many years of Macrium (Free, 8.x) use. Not surprisingly, my conversion was prompted due to the recent issues with Macrium program stemming from the April Windows Update debacle.  Over the years I have tested many of the other imaging/backup programs, including some little known ones like the one offered by O&O Software, DiskImage Premium, from the same company that makes O&O Shut-Up 10.

So far, I've been really pleased with the performance and capabilities in Hasleo backup, but I have a question: does the paid version offer a somewhat smoother upgrade process when a new version is released (when compared to the free version)?  I ask because I recently completed the upgrade (free version) from 5.8.2.2 to 5.9.2.0: the "upgrade" prompted the removal of the original version, which apparently removed the boot menu option as well, as that had to be reinstalled after the new version was in place.

This is not hard for me personally, but it might be for those that I tend to help and recommend programs to (friends, relatives, etc...).  It would be a selling point if this were handled in a smoother fashion.  Just a thought, as it might influence the decision of whether to use the free vs. paid version for those I help out.

Greetings... strange phenomena today.

I run a multi-BOOT System (Win10, Win11, Linux) and my main backup configuration is Disk-based rather than System-based, including the normal System partitions to recover the Win10 System (that's where I run the imaging from) plus the Win11 OS partition... 5-partitions in total).

Today I decided to restore just my Win11 OS partition from Win10.  Since the Win11 partition was not active at this time, I expected to be able to do this without any required reBOOT into the Emergency Disk.  It did exactly that but at the end of the process, while in HBS, the LIVE Win10 System shot up a disk error (Restart to repair drive errors!) that would require a checkdisk on the next reBOOT.  I reBOOTed the System and the Checkdsk ran on Win10 for a while and finished, no major issues.  ReBOOTed into Win10, all OK... reBOOTed in Win11 and the restoration was fine.

Anybody have any ideas what may have happened and why?  Normally, recovering a non-Active partition on the same disk that holds the LIVE OS is never an issue.

Hello everyone — new Hasleo user here! 👋

Just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I'm Denis, a power user from Belgium with a serious case of "update nerd" syndrome — I build and test Windows environments on external SSDs, and safe update testing is basically my hobby at this point.

I recently purchased Hasleo software licenses for 5 people (family & friends who trust my recommendations!), and I've been using Hasleo Windows To Go Upgrader extensively to run portable Windows installations from external drives. It's been a game-changer for safely testing updates without touching my main system.

Fun fact: the name Hasleo literally contains "Leo" — and as it happens, my zodiac sign is Leo ♌. So I'd like to think it was meant to be. A lion trusting a lion. 😄

Looking forward to being part of this community and contributing where I can!

Thankyou for including the ability to unlock bitlocker-locked partitions in Hasleo Backup Suite.
I have successfully unlocked a partition using the 48-digit recovery key. It took a long time to enter the 48-digit key.
The software has an option to unlock the partition with a password. Which password is this? Is this a Windows login password? Is this a Windows login PIN? This password has a minimum length of around 8 characters.Windows login passwords can be as short as 1 character. PINs can be as short as 4 digits. Where can I find more information on how to use a password to unlock my Bitlocked partitions?

Thanks again.

I know, a silly question. The answer is probably NO. Or I should try it and find out. But if I can copy an updated Rescue USB drive to another it would save some time. 

Thanks.

So far very happy with Hasleo Backup Suite. The best feature in my opinion is not needing to use a usb stick / drive to image back on the OS drive! It reboots for you into Hasleo Backup Suite for you and restores it! 

The only thing I did not like is getting use to it. It is totally different than Macrium Reflect interface wise. Not a bad thing. It is just different. So far already used to Hasleo Backup Suite interface!

When I cloned the Samsung 2TB ssd C: drive from my laptop (using Samsung migration software) to another exactly same Samsung ssd (which I keep temporarily in a usb caddy to be removed & replaced into laptop in case of emergency), it gave a message saying the C: drive was encrypted and would need to be decrypted before cloning which could take quite a while.

I decrypted it but never bothered re-encrypting because I didn’t want to keep doing it again for future clones and also someone told me this is a requirement of all such programs. But my data is vulnerable if the laptop is stolen.

So before I re-encrypt it, my question is: I know Hasleo Backup must be superior to Samsung Migration software, so can it clone an encrypted drive to another ssd in a usb caddy without the need to first decrypt it? Also can it image encrypted C drive.

I know Hasleo say it preserves BitLocker encryption after restore, but don’t know if this means encryption has to be disabled and then re-enabled with same key, or if it all just works. I don’t want to re-enable it, without asking first.

BACKGROUND:
Running Windows 11 and the latest July 2026 version of Hasleo Backup Suite.
Only Win11 is installed on a 512GB NVMe SSD (C drive).  All data is stored on a different 2TB SATA SSD (D drive).
HDD in the following refers to mechanical hard disk drives.

I backed up the system NVMe SSD using Hasleo's "Disk" backup to an external 4TB HDD in a USB3 docking station.  The image backup was fast.  Now I wanted to verify that restoring that image backup would work.

Since the only spare drive I have is a 1TB SATA HDD, I connected it to a motherboard SATA port.  Then I restored the backup to it.

HERE'S MY QUESTIONS:

Normally, my system boots into Win11's splash screen to enter the password, in 47 seconds.  After entering the password, the Win11 desktop appears within a second, though it then takes maybe 15 seconds to fully complete the Win11 boot.

However, booting the the 1TB restored HDD took about 6 or 7 minutes to boot into Win11's splash screen.  Then it took maybe 1 or 2 minutes to display Win11's desktop.  Then it took 1 or 2 minutes to fully complete the Win11 boot.  Opening File Explorer took about 30 seconds.  IOW, everything about the restored 1TB HDD is very, very slow.  But everything eventually does work OK albeit very, very slow to open.  However, playing MP4 videos on the 1TB HDD plays back normally.

Has anyone else restored their system NVMe SSD to a HDD for testing?  Same slowness?

Since everything works, albeit very very slow to open, it appears that the Hasleo image backup is good.  Is it the difference of the original source drive being a NVMe SSD but the restored drive being a HDD that causing the extreme slowness for booting and opening programs?

Microsoft Tuesday for the 2nd time this year has crashed my wife's Dell notebook.
KB5101650 has been acknowledged by Microsoft as an issue for some Dell computers.
There was a similar issue back in April.

The thank you:
HBS came through with flying colours on both occasions.
Daily incrementals plus an HBSboot.iso made everything easy
with no loss of data.

so "Thank You" HBS!

Hi if I remember it right for some (legal?) reasons the company can't accept donations. 

Maybe you could instead give people that like the software the option to buy a key that lasts e.g. 1 or 3 month. The software would work for 1 or 3 month as a full version and then reverts back to free mode. Or just give them for 1 or 3 month e.g. a "I supported Hasleo" icon in the software since it's about supporting the devs.
I mean some devs on steam sell support packs for free games and you also only get digital stuff as a benefit

To be clear it's not about me I got a paid version but I know that people sometimes just want to support a dev while still not wanting to pay the full price for a product that's offered free.