Feature REQUESTS

[Mint]

Oh really? So if you're unable to update HBS past the used by date thus you're not able to use it; you're not able to create new backups or retrieve your data.

I say (and this is exactly what I do) install whatever version you like, make a rescue.iso (that does not "expire"), then use it to restore a backup image from before the imaging program was installed (or just uninstall it) and use the ISO for everything. New images, restoring old ones. I never leave any imaging software installed on my PC to hog resources, phone home, and run services, etc.

For me the whole point of imaging is to be able to go back to that "pristine", just installed state in a few seconds. I don't keep my actual important data on my Windows partition anyway. It's stored elsewhere with my backup images. Anything I am "working on" gets saved to the external and/or internal backup drive on the regular. If my drive dies or I get malware or whatever, the most I would lose is my last game save, and the last 2 junk emails I received and the like.

You can even make a small partition (mine is 756 MB) and simply copy the contents of the rescue.iso to it and boot right into that so you don't need to fumble with a flash drive or optical media.

That's a really good strategy. But it doesn't excuse the mind baffling decisions to stop the program from working after a used by date. Yes you can get around it but WTF is it there in the first place. Just make it work like a normal program.