Macrium Reflect

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Stigg, Nov 23, 2013.

  1. FanJ

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    Hi Pete,

    How can one tell that there is an upgraded PE?

    If you have the time, could you please give step-by-step guidelines how to do that (if needed at all)?

    Thanks!
     
  2. twl845

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    Did the update and made a backup. No problems. Redid the PE too.
     
  3. Hadron

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    We don't need to make new rescue media, do we?
    It still uses pe5x64.zip/pe5x86.zip.
     
  4. zfactor

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    working fine here as well. no issues with the newest version.
     
  5. pling_man

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    I don't know for sure; I am still learning how the PE Rescue Disk works.

    Details about the update say that Restore now skips bad sectors so the version on the rescue disk should also need to be updated.

    I think if an update is needed you just rebuild the rescue media using the wizard. I don't think you need the boot menu (which I have not enabled).
     
  6. Peter2150

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    To answer the question about the need for new rescue media is simple. Boot into it and see if the version and build number are the same as the desktop.

    I don't build new rescue media unless there is a major change to it like there was in the last version. If all you use it for is restore I would suspect it doesn't matter, but for actual imaging it might. I did rebuild this time.

    Pete
     
  7. Peter2150

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    You are correct in that you don't need the boot menu.. but once you've used it you will never turn back. It is way to cool. So now I reserve the CD's for total and complete failure, which I personally have never had happen, at least not recently.

    Pete
     
  8. silver0066

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    Downloaded new version. First did a repair, but it still crashed. Then reinstalled (leaving existing settings and logs), and it crashed again.

    Here is the error information posted in Windows 8.1 x64 on the install:

    Here are the crash details:

    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: Reflect.exe
    Application Version: 5.3.7086.0
    Application Timestamp: 53be6b3f
    Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
    Fault Module Version: 6.3.9600.17114
    Fault Module Timestamp: 53649e73
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 000000000009b250
    OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional Information 1: 86e3
    Additional Information 2: 86e33e7d6d31b613da3774488d11e382
    Additional Information 3: e0bc
    Additional Information 4: e0bc94927698ebfa665ad3ed41e55bc7

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    If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
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    Does anyone have a solution. Submitted ticket to Macrium, but so far, no solution given.
     
  9. silver0066

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    SOLVED!!

    Emsisoft Anti-Malware was the culprit. I had to whitelist the Macrium application and service.
     
  10. JohnBurns

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    Thanks for posting solution - may help others.
     
  11. FanJ

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    Macrium Reflect 5.3.7100 released - 16 July 2014

    http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v5.0/v5.3.7100/details5.3.7100.htm

    === begin quote ===

    What's new? 5.3.7100:
    •Reduced memory allocation when scanning local disks.
    The RAM usage required when scanning local disks at startup has been reduced. This now enables 32 bit systems to access NTFS volumes up to 16TB in size


    Bug Fixes:
    •Explorer crash when opening files where the path is greater than 250 characters
    Windows Explorer could crash when accessing files where the path was greater than 250 characters. This has been resolved.

    •File and Folder exclude filter not refreshed when editing a File and Folder backup definition
    When editing an existing File and Folder backup definition, the 'Exclude' filters may not be refreshed to reflect the filters currently in the definition. This has been resolved.

    •Fixed crash when mounting a Microsoft Exchange backup
    A program crash could occur when mounting an MS Exchange Backup. This has been resolved.

    •Fixed "XML status is not valid" error
    The message "XML status is not valid" could be displayed when loading paths with characters not included in the local Windows code page. This has been resolved.

    === end quote ===
     
  12. FanJ

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    A question:
    I did run the upgrade on Win 7. When I had rebooted and started the Reflect "preboot menu" (PE5), I noticed that the version there was still telling me 5.3.7086 (the previous version). I rebooted and started Reflect, and then I made a bootable PE5 CD/DVD. After that I rebooted again into the "preboot menu", and now the "preboot menu" was also showing version 5.3.7100.
    Is this normal? Is this the way you guys do it?
    Thanks in advance!
     
  13. Peter2150

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    Sometimes when I am just remaking the preboot, I'll select ISO instead of a CD. In the case of this last update, since there was no big impact on PE, I didn't bother doing anything with it.
    I take each update as a separate case when it comes to PE.

    Pete
     
  14. FanJ

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    Hi Pete,
    Thanks.

    Sorry, I don't understand this.

    Maybe it was me or any settings by me, but as I posted in reply # 337 my preboot menu did not show version 5.3.7100 but the previous one 5.3.7086. Only after I made a new bootable CD/DVD PE-5 , the preboot menu did show version 5.3.7100.
     
  15. Peter2150

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    When you make the Preboot, you can chose between making a CD or an ISO, which can be later used to burn to a CD. If I want to rebuild the Preboot environment, but don't need the CD, I will select ISO. Then I just delete the ISO

    When you update the windows version, the preboot isn't rebuilt automatically. I don't bother rebooting the Preboot every time. Just I don't feel it is needed.

    Pete
     
  16. SA Jack

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    Uploaded version 5.3.7100 this morning. New update, but same problem of program crashing immediately. Back to version 5.2. I've not found anything on Wilders or Macrium that suggests any manual fix for the problem. Have I missed something? Thanks.
     
  17. stapp

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    Perhaps try as a form of troubleshooting disabling everything running in real time apart from Macrium and then if Macrium works, re-enabling real time apps one by one.
     
  18. silver0066

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    Do you have Emsisoft AntiMalware 9?

    If so, whitelist Reflex.exe and ReflexService.exe.
     
  19. Peter2150

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    That's strange. I am running EIS 9 and I haven't had to do that.

    Pete
     
  20. SA Jack

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    I don't have Emsisoft. I use Comodo and Malwarebytes Anti Malware 2. I've excluded the Macrium folder in Malwarebytes and have identified Reflect's executable and service files to be trusted in Comodo. And when I revert back to version 5.2, everything works great. Go figure.

    Thanks for your inquiry and help.
     
  21. Hadron

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    I just run Windows Defender on all my Windows 8 computers without any problems whatsoever.
    I have never needed anything fancy with malware.

    Common sense has worked well for me over the years and have NEVER had to remove any malware or virus.
     
  22. Hadron

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    What's new? 5.3.7100:

    Reduced memory allocation when scanning local disks.
    The RAM usage required when scanning local disks at startup has been reduced. This now enables 32 bit systems to access NTFS volumes up to 16TB in size

    Bug Fixes:

    File and Folder exclude filter not refreshed when editing a File and Folder backup definition
    When editing an existing File and Folder backup definition, the 'Exclude' filters may not be refreshed to reflect the filters currently in the definition. This has been resolved.
    Fixed crash when mounting a Microsoft Exchange backup
    A program crash could occur when mounting an MS Exchange Backup. This has been resolved.
    Fixed "XML status is not valid" error
    The message "XML status is not valid" could be displayed when loading paths with characters not included in the local Windows code page. This has been resolved.
     
  23. silver0066

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    That is interesting. I am using Win 8.1 x64....maybe that is the difference. I just could not get Macrium to run without immediately crashing after the 7086 update until I received this fix from Macrium support. They advised that they have alerted Emsisoft to this problem.
     
  24. Peter2150

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    Could be the OS, I am on Win 7 SP1 x64

    Pete
     
  25. FanJ

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    Macrium Reflect 5.3.7109 released - 22 July 2014

    http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v5.0/v5.3.7109/details5.3.7109.htm

    === begin quote ===

    What's new? 5.3.7109:
    •Improved speed copying Windows PE to USB rescue media.
    The speed of copying Windows PE boot files to USB flash drives has been increased.


    Bug Fixes:
    •Explorer crash when opening files where the path is greater than 250 characters
    Windows Explorer could crash when accessing files where the path was greater than 250 characters. This has been resolved.

    •Support for older CPUs without SSE2 instruction set
    The previous update to v5.3 of Macrium Reflect was incompatible with Pentium II/III and AMD Athlon XP CPUs. This has been resolved.

    === end quote ===
     
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