Short of it is: Whenever there is a Reflect 9, it will have paid versions only. 8 Free will get patches until Jan 2024, but won't officially support any future versions or build upgrades of Windows.

I just wrote a bunch of Macrium Reflect 5.x image files to DVDs for quick and easy recovery process for a couple of friends. However, I realize that I didn't put the .XML backup profile files on the ...