Hasleo Backup Suite V5.5.2.1 Released!

[admin]

Dear @Phil,

The following version includes improvements to the 'Check Image' feature. We encourage you to download it and give it a try.
https://www.easyuefi.com/backup-software...251122.exe

Please note that this is not the final release and more testing is needed to ensure its stability.

Have a nice weekend.

Best regards,

I'm your Huckleberry. 

Prior to installing this improved version:
Image size 62.89GB
Total time to do a complete check image - 2:41

After installing the improved version:
Image size 62.18GB
Total time to do a complete check image - 1:50

Settings to note. I have it set to do a full backup, keeping the last 2 backups, always retaining first.  So, if I understand Hasleo correctly, it checks all images in that backup job (total of 3 in my scenario).  One thing that I did notice is that the size of my image dropped from 62.89GB to 62.18GB after installing the test version of Hasleo.

Thank you for your feedback. If you are backing up the current operating system, the size of image files created at different times will not be exactly the same. And yes, a complete image check performs integrity verification on all existing image files.

[admin]

I thought you may be interested in the results of some testing I have  performed using 3 different External USB drives.
I have done a full system backup of the same 4 partitions (100MB EFI system, 16MB MSR, 100GB Win11 C:\ and 800MB Recovery) using both Macrium V8 Free and Hasleo 5.4.2.5.
In each case I ran the backup without the verify option ticked, so I could check the actual backup time.
I then ran a manual full image verify to time how long that took in each case.
I created new tasks in each case so that the backup folder contained just the single backup image.
The USB drives I used were as follows:
External Crucial X8 2TB SSD
External Toshiba 2TB 2.5" HDD
External Seagate 4TB 2.5" HDD
Results:
Macrium V8    Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Crucial X8      3m 09s                2m 35s        38GB
Toshiba 2TB    6m 57s                6m 53s        38GB
Seagate 4TB    6m 15s                5m 22s        38GB

Hasleo  V5425 Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Crucial X8      1m 04s                1m 53s        35GB
Toshiba 2TB    7m 08s                19m 47s      35GB
Seagate 4TB    5m 31s                12m 01s      35GB

Conclusions.
in both Macrium and Hasleo the backup and verify times using ext SSD are considerably shorter as expected.
The verify times are roughly similar to the backup times in all cases for Macrium
The times are acceptable for Macrium using ext HDD
Hasleo produces slightly smaller backup files due to the new compression method implemented since V5
The verify times are longer than the backup times in all case for Hasleo, in one case by nearly 3 times !!
The Hasleo verify times are acceptable using an external SSD, but the times using external HDD clearly need some work to deliver an acceptable time.
Let me know if you need me to clarify any of my results, or to run further tests.

I thought I would share my latest findings on recent releases of HBS

I repeated my tests quoted above using v5.5.2.1 (6/11/25 release)
It is the same system I used for the previous result, but this time I just created backups to an external SSD and an external HDD.

Hasleo  V5521 Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Crucial X8      0m59s                1m 54s      35GB
Toshiba 2TB    8m 10ss                19m 23s      35GB

Comparing the results to V5.4.2.5, we can see that the backup time is fractionally faster with 5.5.2.1 and the verify time is virtually the same.
Unfortunately, the backup time to the Toshiba ext HDD has increased by 1 minute and the verify time is fractionally faster.

I then repeated the tests with the latest 5.5.2.1 test build (22/11/25 release)
Hasleo  V5521 Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Crucial X8      0m59s                0m 41s      35GB
Toshiba 2TB    8m 02s                6m59s        35GB

The backup times are broadly similar to the 5.5.2.1 release version, but the verify times have improved spectacularly.

In an ideal world it would be great to have the faster backup times of V5.4.2.5 coupled with the much faster verify times of the latest test build. easier said than done i expect !!
Anyway, nice to see a solid improvement in the verify times.

Thank you for your feedback. It appears we haven't made any changes to the backup process. Could you please try performing backup operations with both V5.4.2.5 and V5.5.2.1, and ensure there are no significant data changes between the two operations?

[admin]

Dear @Phil,

The following version includes improvements to the 'Check Image' feature. We encourage you to download it and give it a try.
https://www.easyuefi.com/backup-software...251122.exe

Please note that this is not the final release and more testing is needed to ensure its stability.

Have a nice weekend.

Best regards,

@admin:

Thank you for the offer.  I will be happy to test this Friday with that beta version.  Can you confirm that it will overwrite my release version, but save my configurations and Pro license, and recognize my past backup images?  Or should it be installed differently?

I am sorry for the stupid questions, but I have never done any beta testing for Hasleo before, though I have for other software programs.

My ESET Smart Security Premium is having a fun time analyzing the downloaded installation file.  ESET employs cloud analysis for unknown files.  Ah, it finally has declared the version safe to use, and so now my Proton Drive will be able to upload it, which was blocked while ESET had a lock on the file.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

@Phil,

As @xeroid mentioned, your data is secure, including registration information and backup image files.

Best regards,

[aldist]

Even if the image file is copied to another location, users can still browse the image file and then restore or mount it.

Wonderful, I somehow missed that point. Thank you. 

[pt58]

Thank you for your feedback. It appears we haven't made any changes to the backup process. Could you please try performing backup operations with both V5.4.2.5 and V5.5.2.1, and ensure there are no significant data changes between the two operations?

In the tests I performed, I uninstalled the latest 5.2.2.1. test build and reinstalled V5.4.2.5 .
I confirmed that the backup and verify times were virtually identical to the times I had previously seen.
I then installed the 5.5.2.1 release version and ran the backup and verify times again.
This is when I noticed that the backup time had stayed roughly the same using a USB SSD, but the backup time had increased on a USB HDD.
The tests were performed within a few mins of each other, so the only change was the Hasleo version.
I will try to run the same tests on another PC later and report back the results.

[admin]

Thank you for your feedback. It appears we haven't made any changes to the backup process. Could you please try performing backup operations with both V5.4.2.5 and V5.5.2.1, and ensure there are no significant data changes between the two operations?

In the tests I performed, I uninstalled the latest 5.2.2.1. test build and reinstalled V5.4.2.5 .
I confirmed that the backup and verify times were virtually identical to the times I had previously seen.
I then installed the 5.5.2.1 release version and ran the backup and verify times again.
This is when I noticed that the backup time had stayed roughly the same using a USB SSD, but the backup time had increased on a USB HDD.
The tests were performed within a few mins of each other, so the only change was the Hasleo version.
I will try to run the same tests on another PC later and report back the results.

Thank you. I believe we should conduct multiple rounds of testing separately to minimize random errors and arrive at the fairest possible conclusion.

[xeroid]

I'm your Huckleberry. 

Prior to installing this improved version:
Image size 62.89GB
Total time to do a complete check image - 2:41

After installing the improved version:
Image size 62.18GB
Total time to do a complete check image - 1:50

Settings to note. I have it set to do a full backup, keeping the last 2 backups, always retaining first.  So, if I understand Hasleo correctly, it checks all images in that backup job (total of 3 in my scenario).  One thing that I did notice is that the size of my image dropped from 62.89GB to 62.18GB after installing the test version of Hasleo.

Thank you for your feedback. If you are backing up the current operating system, the size of image files created at different times will not be exactly the same. And yes, a complete image check performs integrity verification on all existing image files.

For this particular test, I created and ran 3 image files in a row, all of which were 62.18GB.  I already had the test version of Hasleo downloaded, so the only thing I did after creating those 3 identical images was to install the test version of Hasleo, then immediately created 3 more images, in which all 3 images were reduced in size by about 700MB. My SSD Drives are very fast, so all of these 6 images were created within a total time period of less than 15 minutes. I know that the image file sizes won't be identical, but that sure seemed to be pretty stable data under each version of Hasleo. It's all good though,.. my verify image file time dropped, as well as my data size.

[pt58]

In the tests I performed, I uninstalled the latest 5.2.2.1. test build and reinstalled V5.4.2.5 .
I confirmed that the backup and verify times were virtually identical to the times I had previously seen.
I then installed the 5.5.2.1 release version and ran the backup and verify times again.
This is when I noticed that the backup time had stayed roughly the same using a USB SSD, but the backup time had increased on a USB HDD.
The tests were performed within a few mins of each other, so the only change was the Hasleo version.
I will try to run the same tests on another PC later and report back the results.

Thank you. I believe we should conduct multiple rounds of testing separately to minimize random errors and arrive at the fairest possible conclusion.

I have now run some tests on a different PC with the backup files going to an internal SATA 8TB HDD and an external USB SSD.

Hasleo  V5425 Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Ext USB SSD  0m59s                1m 54s      36.8GB
Int SATA 8TB  4m 22ss              8m32s      36.8GB

Hasleo  V5521 Backup Time        Verify Time  Size
Ext USB SSD  1m01s                1m 54s      36.8GB
Int SATA 8TB  6m58s                8m12s      36.8GB

If anything, the difference is even more marked on this PC between V5425 and V5521 backing up to the internal SATA drive,
4m22s vs 6m 58s.
The time for the ext USB SSD is fairly similar between the 2 versions.

Obviously, it would be nice to use an SSD to hold the backups, but it becomes expensive if you want to hold a lot of backups.
I'm sure it would be of benefit to most people to optimise the backup and verify times on Spinning HHD as well as SSD.

[garioch7]

@admin,

As @xeroid mentioned, your data is secure, including registration information and backup image files.

Thank you for your assurances.  I have installed the test version (5.2.2.1.).  The installation went smoothly, and my backups were listed.  I will use it on Friday for my testing.

By the way, I discovered by accident that you can quote from posts here without the intermediate to copy and paste to Notepad step.  I noticed that the "dots" I was seeing when I tried to paste, were not dots, but very, very small type.  Instead of using Ctrl-V to paste, I used Ctrl-Shift-V and it worked perfectly.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil