The New Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 is HERE!

[jasonX]

Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02 Rescue System
 

• "State-of-the-art rescue system : Rescue system based on the latest Windows". This is "still" bannered in the Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 product site. Same "hype" there. Read-on below for some factors that contradict with the claim. 
  
  
  
• Same recommendation -- to avoid issues with Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02 rescue system creation. It is recommended to uninstall any existing "Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit" (WADK) before creating the Rescue System disk/usb. 
  
  
  
  Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 documentation HERE still states, 
  

  If your Internet connection is slow, you may also download the ADK manually on another machine with a faster connection. You will find the setup here:
  
  https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...oyment-kit

  
  Said link still has the latest for Windows "ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2". This is may cause some confusion because the latest version Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02 STILL requires a later version and not ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2. 
  
  Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02  downloaded the "Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit / Windows Preinstallation Environment Add-ons v10.1.22000.1" on my test system. It is where the updated ABP1702-WinPE is based on. 
  
  Ashampoo support updated it from  "Win 10 v19041.1.191206-1406 WADK". Again as mentioned, still not the latest of Windows. I do not understand why Ashampoo cant' state this in the version 17 documentation (their required WADK). And there lies the "hype". 
  
  
  
  
• The Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02 "Rescue System" is actually "Ashampoo Rescue System 16.08" from Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.00 --  "Ashampoo Rescue System 16.06". 
  
  
  
• The Ashampoo Backup Pro 17.02 "Rescue System" (Ashampoo Rescue System 16.08) now shows the Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 icon. This is the only difference that I see in the WINPE. If you will see the comparison image below. The content is still almost 90% the same. 
  
  
   
  
• No relevant improvement on the Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 "Rescue System" (Ashampoo Rescue System 16.08). It is still mostly "restore ONLY plus tools". No support for backup creation or other features such as cloning, screenshots etc., unlike other WinPE rescue systems of alternative backup / imaging applications. 
  
  
  
• STILL no support for rescue system .ISO file creation. Only two (2) options are given to the user, (i) USB Stick, and (ii) CD/DVD (that is IF you still have a working DVD drive with DVD blank discs) 
  
  
  
• Only two improvements in the Rescue System which is: 
  
  
  1. Adaptation of the Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 icon
  
  2. Updated of the WADK from  "Win 10 v19041.1.191206-1406" to Win 10.1.22000.1.