System Requirements

System Requirements

Full Client

Windows:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above, Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2022 Server, Windows 2019 Server, Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Home Server, Windows 2003 Server (Service Pack 2), Windows Server 2025.
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 100 MB Free Hard Disk space for installed program, 20 MB or more recommended for local caching.

Mac:

  • macOS High Sierra 10.13 or greater

Linux:

  • Ubuntu 19 and above
  • Linux Mint 20 and above
  • CentOS 8 and above
  • Fedora 33 and above
  • Debian 10 and above

Thin Client

Windows:

  • Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2022 Server, Windows 2019 Server, Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Home Server, Windows 2003 Server (Service Pack 2), Windows Server 2025.
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 100 MB Free Hard Disk space for installed program, 20 MB or more recommended for local caching.

Mac:

  • Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan or greater


Disk Clone

  • Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2019 Server, Windows Server 2022, Window Server 2025.
  • 512 MB RAM, 10 MB free hard disk space for installed programs, 20 MB or more recommended for local caching.


Entire Machine Backup

  • Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 2012 Server R2, Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2019 Server, Windows Server 2022, Window Server 2025.
  • Minimum hard disk space of 1 GB per volume for creating a shadow copy of your system.
  • 512 MB RAM, 500 MB free hard disk space for installed programs, 20 MB or more recommended for local caching.


Mobile Backup

iOS

  • iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone and iPad.

Android

  • Android 7.0 and later

* IDrive mobile app for Android supports backup of call logs and SMS


IDrive® Photos

iOS

  • iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone and iPad.

Android

  • Android 10.0 and later



IDrive® Mirror

Backup Application


Operating System Versions

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025.

File System

NTFS formatted volumes

Disk Partition Styles

MBR, GPT


IDrive® Mirror Recovey Media Builder


Operating System Versions

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025.

Hardware Requirements

USB drive with a minimum of 4 GB storage - to create USB recovery media