no longer able to create recovory media

[Mint]

@Mint,

I did consider purchasing HBSP despite the bait and switch tactic

What "bait and switch"?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch

You are, and were, using a free version of Hasleo Backup Suite (HBS).  I can only speculate how much that cost the Hasleo Team to develop ...

The time came when Hasleo had to offer a paid version to recoup some of their development costs.  The vast majority of us expected that.

Hasleo must also differentiate its free from its paid version, so logically, more advanced features were included in the new paid Hasleo Backup Suite Pro (HBSP) program.

You had a "free ride" for as long as you were using the free version for years, when for some reason, as private individual, you had a Windows LTSC OS.  We can only speculate on the legality of your acquisition of Windows LTSC, in light of the Microsoft EULA for that OS version ...


I totally concur with the comments of @al3x and @CDC9762.  There has not been one instance on these Forums where I have seen any user of HBSP legitimately complaining that the Hasleo Team did not sort out any licensing problems.  To my knowledge, it simply has not occurred.

Now, if you take a look at the Macrium Reflect X (subscription model) Forum, you will see plenty of complaints about their subscription licensing scheme rejecting legitimate paid users.  In fairness to Macrium, those issues are sorted out, in time, but the usual problem was not that their licensing servers were not available.

Nothing in life is 100%!

I like redundancy, so I use two other imaging programs in rotation as well, plus Proton Drive, plus internal and external storage HDDs, to have multiple copies of my important data.  I have a very low risk tolerance, which I respectfully suggest you might also share.

Your DRM comments are without foundation when it comes to Hasleo, in my opinion.  If you can show me, with credible evidence, differently, I would be most interested, as would everyone else who participates in these Forums daily, including the Forum @admin, who is a member of the Hasleo Team, and responds to all legitimate, and otherwise, user feedback.

Respectfully submitted for your consideration ...

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Next time please show some restraint, this wall of text doesn't even address the point I made earlier.
backup software is the bomb shelter of data protection, one does not build a bomb shelter that gets it power from the grid, one does not use backup software with deliberate points of failure