Macrium Reflect

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

  1. crofttk

    crofttk Registered Member

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    That's what I was getting from "bcd update - no data updated" in mantra's post # 2591. I figured it was just echoing where it was in its checks and decided it didn't need to change anything, but wasn't sure whether that covered disk signature or not.
     
  2. beethoven

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    I am trying to install the boot menu but am getting an error message "unable to import store" - any idea what that means? Since I am using Win 7, I chose to build Win PE3.1 menu (64bit). I suppose this is available in the trial version or would that be the reason?
     
  3. TheRollbackFrog

    TheRollbackFrog Imaging Specialist

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    Beethoven, I remember reading that the BOOT menu option was also available in the FREE version. Your WinPE may be built with any of the options... the best option would be WinPE 5 (based on W8.1... much better driver set), it'll run just fine on your system.

    Are you getting that error during the menu install or when you try and use the menu Recovery Media?

    I'll see if I can get your question answered over in their Forums...
     
  4. Peter2150

    Peter2150 Global Moderator

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    I agree. Even with win 7, I always use the PE 5.1, as Froggie says much much better.

    Pete
     
  5. aigle

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    Acronis has such an option and I have used it successfully.
     
  6. aigle

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    Thanks
     
  7. aigle

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    Thanks. I think I can live without this feature. :)
     
  8. beethoven

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    Froggy & Peter, thanks for that. Followed your advice and went for PE 5 and that works fine. Set up my normal schedule GFS and will do a separate "Tarantula" backup for pure testing purposes. I am so glad to have guys like you on this forum.
     
  9. Peter2150

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    You are most welcome. Glad to help
     
  10. Raza0007

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    Agreed. MBR backup and restore feature should not be needed on a regular basis. I recommend that you try to get to the bottom of why your MBR gets frequently corrupted. It should not happen.
     
  11. Raza0007

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    Yes that is right. And I though it was very odd that Macrium would change the disk signature on every restore. It should never happen in a typical restore to the same HDD.
     
  12. Raza0007

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    But did you figure out why you received that error that you mentioned earlier? That should not have anything to do with the version of WinPE.
     
  13. beethoven

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    Raza - no, I have no idea. Following Aigle's and Peter's advice I tried the other Version and had no further issues. According to the manual the PE 3.1 is the preferred option for Win 7 but I don't argue with results. If the larger PE5 version does it on my PC, I am happy with that.
     
  14. mantra

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    hi
    i 'm reading Macrium Reflect Technician USB
    http://www.macrium.com/pages/Technicians-license-explained.aspx
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    may i ask a question ?
    does it create backup and restore only on pc with macrium reflect?
    or can i use it on a pc without macrium reflect installed?
    does it leave files or others on the pc?

    thanks
     
  15. oliverjia

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    You can use it on any computer, even the ones without MR installed.
    Not sure if it leaves other files on your drive, but when I used the MR Free PE version to do cold backup/restore, it did leave a log file in root directory.
     
  16. Raza0007

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    mantra, a technicians license runs from a usb flash drive and will image your workstations as well as servers online or offline without having Macrium actually installed on the system.

    However, did you by any chance click the "buy" button on the link you provided? The 10 server/unlimited workstation version costs $459 every year! So, if you have that kind of money to hand over to Macrium every year, then go for it. In fact, if you do have that kind of money, then I recommend you buy the unlimited server/workstation version that only costs $799 per year :D
     
  17. Raza0007

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    I have just noticed something odd! I was browsing the logs created by Macrium, under the log tab of the main Macrium GUI. I do not have any logs of my system drive that I restored from Macrium Recovery Environment. The only image restore logs are of the non system partitions that I restored while online. Is this a bug? Something introduced with Macrium v6? or is there a setting in the Macrium RE to log the image restore?

    I am not 100% sure, but in v5 of Macrium, my system partition's image restore logs used to be under this tab in Macrium.
     
  18. mantra

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    Hi Oliverjia, it 's really a great tool ,have all the power of macrium in a usb stick without hava it installed!

    Hi Raza
    ops no ,now i'm watching the prices :eek::eek:
    i will keep my usb stick with macrium reflect 6 winpe created with the program
     
  19. aigle

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    It doesn't. Only sometimes I mess with it myself.
     
  20. dagrev

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    Just wanted to chime in on this thread about Reflect6. I've been using AX64 for a few years and love the speed (but it has a few problems that are being addressed). When I restored with Reflect it took about 2 1/2 minutes. Very fast indeed. Faster than AX64's warm restore. Didn't care for having to click "finish" to get it to boot. I'd rather that just happen on it's own. But very nice program. A little pricey too!
     
  21. taotoo

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    Yes fewer clicks to initiate the restore within Windows would be nice. Also wish there was an option to remove or reduce the 10-second waits before/after the restore itself.
     
  22. routerguy99

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    I had an Issue when trying to restore Partition's in certain order, Acronis /IFW restored just fine Macrium 6 seemed to have an issue with it.
    Support even verified it with me.
     
  23. oliverjia

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    Could you be a little more specific? TIA.
     
  24. dagrev

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    Simple question: After a restore, should not the PC automatically reboot, or is it supposed to stay on the screen indicating the restore is completed? Thanks!
     
  25. taotoo

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    IIRC following the 'completed' dialog box, a 'reboot' box appears and as long as you don't cancel out of it, it then reboots.

    edit: I assume you're talking about restoring the system drive, and initiating it from within Windows.
     
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