MiniTool ShadowMaker Description

MiniTool ShadowMaker can be used to provide professional backup services and disaster recovery solutions. It is the best backup tool that can back up OS, files, folders, and partitions. This backup software allows you to quickly restore data after a disaster.

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Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
$29/Year/PC
Pricing Information:
Single license for 1 PC
1-Year upgrade service
Support Workstation
For Windows 10/8.1/8/7
Free Version:
Yes
Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

No Integrations at this time

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Company Details

Company:
MiniTool Software
Year Founded:
2009
Headquarters:
Canada
Website:
www.minitool.com/backup/system-backup.html
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Product Details

Platforms
Windows
Type of Training
Documentation
Customer Support
Phone Support
Online

MiniTool ShadowMaker Features and Options

Disk Imaging Software

Backup Scheduling
Bare-Metal Restore
Compression
Differential Backup
Disk Cloning
Encryption
Image Deployment
Incremental Backup
Web Access / Restoration

Backup Software

Backup Log
Backup Scheduling
Cloud Backup
Compression
Continuous Backup
Encryption
Incremental Backup
Local Server Options
Remote Server Options
Secure Data Storage
Web Access / Restoration

MiniTool ShadowMaker User Reviews

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: User
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Dangerous program that can ruin your computer without you knowing

    Edited: Jan 06 2022

    Summary: Dangerous. Avoid at all costs.

    Positive: Nothing.

    Negative: This program slows down performance significantly and interrupts WiFi constantly. MiniTool hides its treachery very well; it doesn't even show up in task manager processes or startup so you don't even know it's running. Overall, MiniTool is a malicious-virus like software that shouldn't have a place on anyone's PC.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Worker
    Length of product use: Free Trial
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Total Nightmare!!

    Edited: Feb 03 2021

    Summary: Warning! Run!!! Stay as far away from MiniTool products as you possibly can!! It will cost you many, many hours of your time and possibly your data as well.

    Update: It turns out the excess disk usage was due to a .txt log file created in the Minitool folder that was over 100 Gbs!! My system seems to be stable so far. I ended up using an Acronis True Image 2015 Boot CD to backup and clone the drive and the whole process only took a few minutes with no issues. No software installation required. Any program that uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for disk migration is to me very undesirable.

    Still the fact remains that MiniTool ShadowMaker is the worst backup program I have used and is a total fail. And for that, I'm out.

    Positive: Nothing. This program is total garbage. A backup program that leaves you with no backup and a damaged system. Unbelievable! A backup is suppose to be your protection, not a catastrophe in and of itself.

    Negative: Prepared my new system got everything the way I wanted it and was ready to clone system to SSD. The program had no disclosure of what it was going to do or how it was going to do it. Why did it need to WRITE to the source drive, at all?? The most idiotic thing I have ever heard of. This horrible program corrupted the SOURCE drive. The used space on the disk kept growing bigger and bigger, 4 times bigger. After 5 hours I had to kill the process. Chkdsk /f won't remove the many gigabytes it added to the drive. Also my restore points are now all gone. The clone was unsuccessful.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Student
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Unable to Restore System Backup if Hard Disk is Same

    Date: Nov 11 2020

    Summary: Bad Program/Tool.
    It's useless, total waste of time, there are lot of good alternatives, even free.

    Positive: There are only cons, no pros, when you fail to restore the system from image created by this tool.. Stay Away from it.

    Negative: This software can make "system backup" of "drive c+system reserve" when your windows is running, from desktop, but when you try to restore it does not work, even i created "Add boot entry", but it failed, reason is hard disk is same, my Backup was saved in "drive d", but this tool failed.

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    MiniTool ShadowMaker Company Response
    Date: Nov 17 2020
    Hi there, sorry for any inconvenience that caused. But we do not specifically recommend to back up files to the same hard disk that Windows is installed on. For example, do not back up files to a recovery partition. Always store media used for backups (external hard disks, DVDs, or CDs) in a secure place to prevent unauthorized people from having access to your files; a fireproof location separate from your computer is recommended. If you have any other question about our software, please feel free to contact us any time. Thank you!
  • Name: Stephen R.
    Job Title: Self Employed
    Length of product use: Free Trial
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Trashed my system

    Date: May 23 2019

    Summary: Uck. Aarrgh.

    Positive: This programme totally Trashed my Windows 10 Laptop.
    I installed - which was not straight forward and took a couple of tries.
    I started the programme, and when it Rebooted my system, It could not Boot. I tried everything to rescue my nice working system. In the end I had to admit defeat and load a previous Win 10 disk image from last summer.
    So Thanks, Minitool!

    Negative: Disaster.

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    MiniTool ShadowMaker Company Response
    Date: Sep 25 2019
    Hi there, Sorry for any inconvenience that have caused, but the program had no reason to trash your laptop, if you have any technology issue with our program, please feel free to reach out to us at support@minitool.com, and we'll be very glad to help you. Thank you! Hope you have a nice day! Best regards, MiniTool
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