7 hours ago
(10 hours ago)garioch7 Wrote: I purchased Hasleo Backup Suite Pro (HBSP) on 2025-10-30. I created an Emergency Recovery USB on the day of purchase and installation, and I had never updated it since then. In relation to another topic here, I decided to be less lazy and update my HBSP Emergency Recovery USB today. It took five minutes.
My apologies for being inexperienced, but I was interested in the option to "Download WinPE Components." It was not selected by default. I went to the online help, but it concisely stated that checking that option would stop HBSP from "looking" for WinPE components on my computer ... ?
The inference is that the WinPE components are already on my computer, so why would I want to download a duplicate copy of those files specifically for HBSP? Since I do full system images, including System Files, this would increase the size of my weekly disk images, would it not? Or, does HBS use junction files/folders for that option, if selected?
What are the pros and cons of this option? For now, I did not select that option; and, as I said, it only took five minutes to create a brand new shiny HBSP Emergency Recovery USB drive, that I tested and it worked fine.
Inquiring minds want to know ... A day without learning one or more new things is a wasted day, IMHO.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Phil
PS: Perhaps the Hasleo Team might consider a pinned topic of common FAQ posts in relation to the Hasleo Backup Suite as a proactive measure ... ?
There are a couple of threads which are informative on this issue from a little while ago but I can't remember their titles. Both Froggie and admin were major contributors so those threads will be very educative. I DO remember that ticking the "Download components from MS" is the option that works best for me and and my requirements - but I can't remember why! And yes, the WinPE components ARE on your local machine in the HBS\bin\WINPE folder - but downloading from MS gets you the latest WinPE components (which haven't been changed much in quite a while anyway). But ticking that download from MS option still works best for me for reasons I can't quite remember.