Macrium Reflect

Well! I figured out how to do this and I am surprised Nick did not tell me about it. All I needed to do, once the backup started was to hit Ctrl-ALT-M.

 

Has Version 7 brought anything new to File/Folders backup?

Out of interest does anyone ever use File/Folder backup in Macrium? Obviously the system disk has to be imaged but what does everyone recommend for the data partitions (docs, photos etc)?

 

Have a look here: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/the-best-file-backup-application.391161/

My personal (@TheRollbackFrog) favourite: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/bvckup-2.365783/

 

I actually use Bvckup Just wondered if there was anything to be gained in doing it all in Macrium and shifting my Bvckup license to my other PC.

 

JD, I'm not sure how sophisticated your BVCKUP2 setup is, but if it doesn't use a lot of the flexibility of the current product, BVCKUP2 makes available the last BETA in the project for FREE (it's really solid as a rock... see bottom of its Home page). I would try that on your other PC first... it just may do the job for you very nicely.

If you use it, just make sure you turn off the "Check for updates" in the SETTINGS so it doesn't keep bothering you about available updates.

I use it on almost all my family's computers and use licensed versions on machines that need the advanced capability.

 

Try unregistering the shell extension, reboot then patch.
Launch an elevated command prompt then enter:

Code:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Macrium\Reflect\RShellEx.dll"

 

I use it on all our machines, including 'incrementals forever' on my wife's two laptops. It's clear from observing those incrementals that backup shares the imaging technology and is not purely file/folder based. Defragging results in a very large incremental, even if few of the files have changed.

 

Further to my last posts about not being able to run a scheduled backup, I've noticed this oddity.

When I attempt to manually run a scheduled task from within Macrium, the "append to" image I changes with each click of the run button. This doesn't seem normal to me. Then there's no attempt to actually run the task, let alone a failure and error.

 

ssbtech, with the scheduling issues v7 introduced into the mix, I would dump all my existing schedules and start my chains from scratch... even that may be hard to do.

You really need to get back to a baseline with your imaging...

 

I'm on V5. Been working perfectly all this time.

I uninstalled it, deleting everything including the backups. Recreated a full backup and tried scheduling the incremental. Same issue when running the schedule.

 

RBF - If I upgrade from v6 to v7 and my scheduled tasks work, would you still recommend this? If so, I am even more inclined to stay on v6.

IIRC the Win 10 AU update also caused issues with scheduled tasks but I don't think I started afresh then either.

 

You didn't mention your OS ( or I missed it ), but W10 brought on some issues with the Windows Task Scheduler that got worse as W10 moved along (no idea about the CReator's Update). Reflect v6 and v5 used the WTS API v1 interface that's been around for eons... this changed in W10 with the new WTS API v2 interface. Although Microsoft claimed continued compatibility with API v1, th is dod not seem to be the case... lots of problems experienced.

I think if you let Reflect manage your Task Scheduler entries and don't mess with them menually, all should be OK for now.

 

If you allow Reflect to be the only task messing with those schedules, you'll probably be OK... it's only when manual messing occurs that things start to happen.

If the tasks are as they were in v6 (and not changed by Reflect since then), they will be the old Administrator driven entries. If they've been changed by Reflect under v7 for any reason, they now become SYSTEM driven entries... no passwords involved. Manual changes become almost heresy here. The latest version (very recent v7 upadte) allows you to select whether the WTS API v2 task entries will either be SYSTEM or Admin Acct driven accordingly.

You should be OK as long as you're not trying to manually change the Reflect Task Scheduler entries via WTS... let Reflect do the work for you.

...and as I've mentioned before, if you don't do a lot of INCs between System reSTARTs and don't wanna try and BOOT a Reflect image virtually under W10 Pro, there's really no reason at this point to move to v7... IMHO.

 

AH! Just looking back at the screenshot here - looks like the last successful scheduled backup was March 9. Anniversary Update was forced onto me and installed on March 10.

 

Did any of you guys upgrade to v7 over v6? Any problems?
Also, I noticed that my User Account has been changed to System. Is that OK?

I have been offered a free upgrade from 6 to 7.

 

Hadron... it sounds like the cart before the horse here, looks like you've already made the change

A lot of the initial bugs/problems with v7 (and there were a LOT) seem to have been mitigated but what remains is a real cludge. It's not your user account that has been changed, it's only the account the Reflect scheduled tasks are using... and even that has caused issues with people who try and manage their own tasks via the WTS. The lastest patch does allow the user to change that anomaly if they wish.

The new CBT feature is nice for those who do many INCs between System reSTARTs (but only those) and if for some reason you want to BOOT directly into a Macrium image via W10 Pro's Hyper-V System (all you can really do is check that it BOOTs correctly), those features are available. But if neither is needed, there was no other reason to make the v6 to v7 transition at this time... other than to get your FREE upgrade registration code.

The li'l Tray balloon msgs are handled completely differently now and that issue has caused some irritation as well. If you use Relect in a basic way, you should be fine. If you find you're having issues and you have your new v7 REGISTRATION CODE, you can always go back to v6 without issue... it likes the v7 code. If you head back to v6 and feel you need the CBT feature do to lots of daily INCs, I believe the BETA code for that under v6 is still available (it was solid as a rock)... just PM me privately if it's of interest and I should be able to help find it.

 

Thanks Frog.
I think I'll return to v6. I had no issues with it.

 

I just tried reverting back to v6, and when I pasted my license code and pressed Next, it says "License not found".

Edit 1: OK. I missed that I need to use the v7 code.
Edit 2: But, now it won't allow me to install v6 over v7 as it says a later version is already installed.

 

I had to uninstall v7 to install v6, and even though I elected to keep my scheduled tasks, it screwed something up, so I am importing them again as I had them saved.

Just one question. Which "Configure For" operating system do you choose?
It has defaulted to "Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000", but I think I may have changed that at some time.

 

Don't mess with the task scheduler at all. If you have your definitions saved, just make sure the tasks that are left from v7 get deleted in the Task Scheduler.

Then import those DEFs into v6 and reset your schedules to what they were before... it should just take off and run as expected since the existing backup chain has exactly the same spec as the DEF you'll be using after the import.

 

Hello,

A new update has been released, version 7.0.2158...
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Hello,

A new update has been released, version 7.0.2161...
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