Is there a portable version without service? Version for USB flash drive?

[pstein]

Is there a portable version of Hasleo Backup Suite (without service requirement)?

Is there a version which I can put/install on bootable USB flash drive?

[Froggie]

There is a quasi portable version available but it requires a LIVE service component when it is started from anywhere... no completely portable version.

[admin]

@Froggie is absolutely right. The service program of Hasleo Backup Suite is essential, as it is responsible for receiving commands from the GUI program (BackupMainUI.exe, BackupCmdUI.exe) and calling BackupWorker.exe to perform operations such as backup and restore.

For more information about the portable version, please refer to:
https://www.easyuefi.com/forums/showthre...66#pid5066

[Dude Guyman]

Is there a portable version of Hasleo Backup Suite (without service requirement)?

Is there a version which I can put/install on bootable USB flash drive?

Probably not what you're looking for, but I always install Hasleo/Macrium/*Other, make a "RESCUE.ISO", and put that on a USB flash drive with Ventoy to boot it. Then I restore a backup image made before Hasleo/Macrium/*Other was installed and just use that ISO instead of having any service 'bloated' program on my PC.

Ventoy
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With vent…

Tip: I also make a small ~756 MB partition on one of my storage drives and simply 'extract/copy' the contents of the RESCUE.ISO to that partition. Then I can just boot right to it from my UEFI/BIOS without fooling with the USB drive at all. It's very convenient, but you do have to make your backups manually without any scheduler doing it for you.

Personally, I just like having as 'clean' a system as possible so I don't ever allow anything (except drivers, etc.) to 'start with Windows' or run background services that eat performance to do nothing 99.9% of the time.

[pstein]

@Dude Guyman:

Your solution with creating an .ISO sounds good and comes close to what I am looking for.
But: How do I create such an .ISO in detail?

Why does Hasleo not offer such an .ISO as download?

I am using a backup program such an Hasleo Backup Suite only once in a while by starting it manually.
I HATE unnecessarily always-running services.

Other, similar backup programs like Aomei Backupper or Acronis Trueimage or Paragon
offer a really portable on-demand version of their program or an ISO ready to install on USB flash drive.

The only software tool that lacks this feature is Hasleo Backup.
Hmm.....

[al3x]

The only software tool that lacks this feature is Hasleo Backup.

HBS offers rescue media creation as well.

Please have a look at this tutorial:
https://www.easyuefi.com/backup-software...media.html

[admin]

The only software tool that lacks this feature is Hasleo Backup.

HBS offers rescue media creation as well.

Please have a look at this tutorial:
https://www.easyuefi.com/backup-software...media.html

Thank you, @al3x. It seems many users never read the user guide. Or is the wording of the 'Emergency Disk' in the software tool page not clear enough?

[al3x]

It seems many users never read the user guide. Or is the wording of the 'Emergency Disk' in the software tool page not clear enough?

I think the wording is fine. Perhaps you could add "(WinPE)" for the button, but I don't know if that would really help with the understanding.

Maybe you could implement some tooltips for the buttons in "Tools" that quickly pop up to get an idea what's hidden behind each button.

And maybe the "Home" page could be optimized a bit to help new users and guide them a bit more:
- A "First steps" area where a few important things are written down in individual tiles with direct links.
- Maybe you can then discard each tip with a "Discard" button (or "Discard all" for all at once).
- In settings there could be a button to reset tips and they will show up again.

Ideas for first steps:
- Create your first system backup
- Create an emergency disk / rescue media (WinPE)
- View logs of recent performed actions
- View user guides in the online help
- Get help in the Hasleo user forums

Just some ideas. However this could also quickly appear very cluttered. HBS has a very clean interface compared to most other software, so I don't know...

[admin]

It seems many users never read the user guide. Or is the wording of the 'Emergency Disk' in the software tool page not clear enough?

I think the wording is fine. Perhaps you could add "(WinPE)" for the button, but I don't know if that would really help with the understanding.

Maybe you could implement some tooltips for the buttons in "Tools" that quickly pop up to get an idea what's hidden behind each button.

And maybe the "Home" page could be optimized a bit to help new users and guide them a bit more:
- A "First steps" area where a few important things are written down in individual tiles with direct links.
- Maybe you can then discard each tip with a "Discard" button (or "Discard all" for all at once).
- In settings there could be a button to reset tips and they will show up again.

Ideas for first steps:
- Create your first system backup
- Create an emergency disk / rescue media (WinPE)
- View logs of recent performed actions
- View user guides in the online help
- Get help in the Hasleo user forums

Just some ideas. However this could also quickly appear very cluttered. HBS has a very clean interface compared to most other software, so I don't know...

Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful suggestions, @al3x. We'll definitely take them into consideration.