Macrium Reflect

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

  1. Peter2150

    Peter2150 Global Moderator

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    I am sorry oliverjia, but by that logic you should always walk, because a car just might get a flat tire.
     
  2. Raza0007

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    I have not done this myself because I do not have SRP any more but when you go through the restore steps, Macrium will give you an option of restoring your 100 mb image to your new 500 mb SRP. Just click yes, and now you will have a 500 mb SRP with Windows 7.
     
  3. Raza0007

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    Please follow the steps in this KB article and report back.

    A .bat file is created by first creating a simple .txt file, then copy/paste the info from the article into the .txt file and then change the .txt extension to .bat and run the file as an Administrator.

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    Or you can follow the steps in this KB Article, which automates the above procedure.
     
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  4. Raza0007

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    Loads of misinformation about Macrium on this thread or in general?
     
  5. oliverjia

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    Sorry pete but over the past 12 years or so I have done hundreds of cold backup/restore with Acronis and IFL, I have never had a single problem. Every time it worked.
     
  6. TheRollbackFrog

    TheRollbackFrog Imaging Specialist

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    FunkyMonkeyBoy, I would suggest you use the Macrium Forums for this issue (Support is very responsive there) or their Support Portal directly... both will most likely provide an answer for you.
     
  7. TheRollbackFrog

    TheRollbackFrog Imaging Specialist

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    I have had exactly the same experience doing HOT imaging (via VSS and/or phylock) with Macrium Reflect and Image For Windows. Since both HOT and COLD imaging have produced the same result for me, I choose the more convenient method to image my systems... HOT. If I had experienced "flakey" HOT imaging, I would also consider your COLD methods, but I have found that if the System is properly configured, HOT imaging problems appear to be non-existent unless the imaging software itself has been flakey in its own operation (ie, AX64).
     
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  8. Peter2150

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    Likewise for almost 12 years I have done countless hot images, with Macrium, IFW, Drive Snapshot, Shadowprotect, and lately also AOMEI. I have also tested Active@image(didn't like it) with hot images. I haven't seen any problems at all. Also I've done this on 4 machines retired, and now 4 new machines, and also on Windows 10. Not a single failure. I can't speak to Acronis, as I won't install it.
     
  9. HAN

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    For a long time, I preferred and used cold imaging programs over hot simply because I didn't have to install anything on my computer (along with dealing with any background stuff running that I didn't normally use/need.) But in my old age, I find that creating an image within Windows is easier. Which for some strange reason now appeals to me!

    The only image oddities I ever had were for early versions of EASEUS I tested. They still restored but I had some kind of error message when I rebooted the first time. My main stays now are Macrium v6 (paid) and IFW/IFL. I still have Active@BootDisk but don't use it much.
     
  10. TonyW

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    Thanks for that. It is useful to know should I decide to restore to a Windows 7 image.
     
  11. funkymonkeyboy

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    Thanks for replying. I tried both methods but still the same error messages. I have the free version so I am unable to get support from the official forums. I was using the free version as a trial as I was going to buy the product but cannot until this issue is resolved.
     
  12. pandlouk

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    Do you have other image or backup apps installed?
    Do you have one drive sync enabled?

    Panagiotis
     
  13. Raza0007

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    The error log with codes you mentioned earlier are typically caused when there is something wrong with the VSS service on your PC, or your VSS is in use by another software or VSS has got corrupted. It is outside the control of Macrium or any other third party software.

    Since you mentioned that you had recently installed a fresh clean Windows 10, so my question is that when you upgraded to Windows 10 was Macrium working at that time?

    Do you have any other imaging software installed on your PC?

    Try installing another imaging software like Paragon Backup and Recovery free edition and try to image with it, and see if it also fails or not.
     
  14. aigle

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    Yes, seems the port issue. The boot stick works just fine on my latop.
     
  15. MPSAN

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    Hello ALL:

    Quick question about trying Windows 10.

    So, I have the free version 6 of Reflect and always do full images of my Win 8.1 64 bit system with all 4 partitions of my SSD. I have done a few full restores and all is OK.

    So, my questions is, since I have the "Get Windows 10" Icon, can I do another FULL IMAGE of Win 8.1, and then try the Win 10 upgrade, and IF I decide I do not want it, can I restore my FULL Win 8.1 Image and be back where I was? I am a little afraid that MS will think my 8.1 is no longer activated once it sees that I upgraded to win 10, or am I giving MS too much credit?
     
  16. Marcelo

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    I did it three times before deciding to keep Windows 10 with no problems. Notice that I use the registered version of Reflect, but I don't think it would make any difference.
     
  17. Antarctica

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    Tried it too not later than this morning and it's working perfectly. Thanks macrium :)
     
  18. MPSAN

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    Great! So, I have nothing to be afraid of other than Win 10 not having drivers for my Z97 and video. So, is Win 10 better than win 8.1? :)
     
  19. Antarctica

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    Well, not convinced yet... I guess you have to try it yourself.
     
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  21. funkymonkeyboy

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    No and Yes.
    I wonder if bootcamp is my problem. I have MAC OSX running on my HDD which is partitioned. 100GB for Windows.
     
  22. MarcP

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    I did that many times with the Insider Previews of Win10. Reverted back to Win8.1 in minutes after a while.
     
  23. MPSAN

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    Great, I will try it. I hope Office 2013 stays activated! :)
     
  24. Raza0007

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    Tony, an addendum to my previous post, yes you can do this but you will need to change the destination partition's properties from inside Macrium in order to restore a 100 mb image to a 500 mb partition. Otherwise you will get your 100 mb partition restored, but there will be a 400 mb unallocated space after the partition.

    I had not done this in a while so I had forgotten the process. It is not a simple yes or no, but it is still very simple. I thought I should clarify before you attempt the process yourself.

    Once you have selected an image to restore, on the next dialog box, select a destination disk, and then delete the existing partition on the destination disk. After that you can drag and drop your source image on to the destination disk and then hit the "Restore image properties" to change the size of your restored partition.

    See these two links from Macrium support for additional help.

    How to restore a backup image

    Restore Partitions with Resize and Reorder
     
  25. pandlouk

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    Probably is the bootcamp. Some programs that use VSS have problems with the bootcamp partitioning (e.g. Raxco Instant Recovery).
    On my Mac I use and trust only OSX's "Disk Utility" and terabyteunlimited's image for windows/dos/linux for creating images (and also BootItBM's partition manager; great for fixing bootcamp problems).
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDr-bgVNlrI
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/image-for-windows.362725/page-15#post-2454980

    Panagiotis
     
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