Hello,

Noob question, I backup a machine and create a rescue disk.

I then backup a different machine.

Both backed up data are in different folders on a NAS box. Both are Win 11, one is a PC and the other is a laptop.

Can I use the same rescue disk on both machines? Or should I create a rescue disk for each backed up machine?

Thanks.

Daryl.

The answer isn't straightforward.  Your best bet is to boot the one Rescue Media on both machines.  After you make sure it boots, check that all attached devices: optical drives, HDD's, SSD's, flash drives, NAS devices, network repositories, etc. are recognized by Reflect.  If it boots and can see all of the devices, the chances are you can use the same Rescue Media on both machines.  It isn't a guarantee, of course.  Naturally, you don't want to have to discover you needed to make separate Rescue Media when time comes for a rescue, so you would be safest to create Rescue Media on both machines.

Awesome, thanks, I’ll do that.

Daryl.

Just be sure, again, to test both booting and the ability to read all devices for each Rescue Media on each machine.

One thing to be aware of:  If your laptop uses (and needs) a wireless connection and the PC does not, the Recovery medium created on the PC will not have your laptop's wireless profiles(s), etc.  Even if it has all the necessary drivers, you will have to enter the wifi stuff through the command prompt.

As @dbminter said, test.  But unless you have a compelling reason not to, I'd recommend created one per machine.  (And if they both work on both machines, that gives you backup.)

That’s good advice and doesn’t take much to do.

Thanks