Hi Froggie, I know that your reply was to someone else. So forgive me for asking. I need to know the right procedure to update. Win 7 Pro, 64-bit. UEFI. Currently having Macrium Reflect home edition 6.1.1366, PE 5 (I think), Boot menu (working), CD recovery disk not working for quit some time. What is the right procedure to follow. Any and all help from all appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I've literally just finished updating Macrium to 1495 on Win 10 and building new rescue media. I guess I'll have to start again
In case Froggie doesn't get on right away. 1, Open MR, and it should offer the update. 2 Accept it, and MR will proceed to download and update the desktop version. 3 When done on the left side of the screen select other tasks 4 select create bootable media and go thru the process of recreating your media(in my case USB) That's the step that takes a bit of time. 5 Once you have your bootable USB key then go back to the left hand pane and again under other tasks select the add a boot menu option (assuming you want to do this) 6 If you have already done this before just redo it. It should over write the previous verion 7 Test all both usb key and boot menu to ensure they work and are the correct version. Pete
FanJ, can you explain what your CD Recovery Media failure mode was? The v1502 Reflect update was unique to PE10 only and only with UEFI/GPT machine BOOTing.
Peter, Thank you! I am going to save your steps in a text file and print it. Yes, I have the recovery boot menu and I have used it many times. Hi Froggie, I'm not sure whether I can. The CD recovery simply doesn't boot. I'm getting old, I don't remember whether I was able to use it ever (ough) since I had this computer; sorry. The specs of the PC are here, reply # 10 there. Maybe I have to use another brand/model of CD or DVD. I remember that there was a Macrium KB article about problems with booting from it, but I don't have the link at the moment. (not sure whether I am able to go to a shop, but that's another topic). Maybe setting in the mobo (ough ough, I cannot even install the latest Intel HD graphics 4600 driver (shown as important in Windows update), as I posted in other threads).
+1. At least they caught it quickly. I must say MR has never let me down, but maybe there is a case for using more than one imaging soft.
I think it would be wise to create all new PE 10.0 Rescue Media after the release of v6.2.1502 if you are running Windows 10.
Burning the Media to disc failed for me with Reflect, so I created an ISO and burnt it with another application.
I know not when they will release. The current version has been "static" for quite some time and there's been no changes recently. I'm guessing they're trying to figure out how to "announce" it (that's market-speak for generating the proper SALES buzz)... we'll have to wait and see.
If anyone here would like to try the CBT Beta, contact me via PM and I'll be happy to make the details available. If you're not a frequent INCREMENTAL image taker (AKA "snapshotter"), there won't be much gain using this facility... FYI!
FanJ... Reflect produces a Recovery Media that can BOOT in either an UEFI/GPT or Legacy-MBR environment. If your System's BiOS is set up correctly, it should BOOT just fine. Usually, in the BOOT order of your BiOS, it can be set up in both modes if both are active. Many users will move their CD/DVD device into position #1 (which is what you need to do to be able to BOOT from a CD/DVD automatically) but they'll only do it for the LEGACY section of the BOOT order and forget that it needs to be done for the UEFI section as well. One of the things you can try is... your System uses the F-12 action to access your device BOOT list, you can try that option and select your CD/DVD device from that BOOT list... it should BOOT just fine. If it does, you need to get into the BOOT Order in your BiOS (BiOS Features on your main BiOS screen) and make sure the device is first in the order of BOOTing for both UEFI and LEGACY modes. The 2nd device should be your main System disk 'cause that's where it's gonna go to get the System from if you have no CD/DVD loaded.
I have a question about incremental backups. I'm asking here, based on the fact that I am thinking about buying Macrium Reflect for home backups and Macrium's Manual which states that " Disadvantage of incremental images: All files must be present in the image set. If any intermediate incremental images are missing, it is not possible to restore the system to the latest backup." Say, I have a full backup and five incremental images. If the fourth one has a problem and I cannot use it, could I restore my data up to the third incremental backup?
Izettso Just so you know, I regularly run run chains of 30 incrementals and when testing took it out to 40. Never have had a failure restoring and it's really fast to boot. Pete
Dear Froggie, dear Peter, Thank you, thank you!!! I just upgraded to 6.2.1502. The recovery boot menu works as usually. I have used it many times since I got this computer. Thanks to your guidelines, Froggie, I was now also able to make the recovery CD/DVD work. Mobo is Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H. I had to make a slight change to your guidelines. It was not the F-12 key that I had to use, but the F-2 key on the keyboard to get into the BIOS settings. The computer and mobo came with a printed User's Manual; Oh my, so difficult to read with my bad eyes... On page 51 (BIOS setup) of that Manual it gave picture(s) on how to do it. But it wasn't the same as I saw on my screen. Maybe the Manual is outdated. I wished that I know how to make screenshots of that screen, but I don't know. Your usual Windows screenshot program will not work when you are there. I didn't have to go into the BIOS Features menu as both Froggie and the Manual suggested. Somewhere on the screen there was an option to move my CD/DVD writer to the first place, as you Froggie suggested. (Oh, how I wished that I knew how to make a screenshot of that). I didn't have to worry about UEFI additional settings. For whatever reasons it worked! Oh man, was I nervous..... I guess that it is time now to protect my BIOS settings (ough long time overdue, stupid me, ...)!!!
The F-12 offering was not for BiOS entry, it was for your BOOT List entry... a place where your machine will offer you all its possible BOOT device to use for BOOTing. You were to pick your device and test the BOOT medium (it's easy to use). Matters not, you've done what needs to be done and you're well on your way... good luck!
Hi Fanj Had to laugh. Reading a mobo manual it wouldn't matter how good your eyes are. It's a strain at best. Pete
Suddenly the Macrium boot menu on my primary laptop is screwed. The resolution is all wrong and it is unusable. I am using the WinPE 10 64-bit and the rescue media looks and works fine. I have tried rebuilding the WinPE and running the 'no menu' and then creating the menu again, but no luck. I saw that there is an option in the WinPE to change screen resolution under 'Other tasks' but all I am offered is 640x480 32 bit. My laptop is HD. Any suggestions on how to fix this from the boffins out there? I don't suppose a reinstall of MR would fix this. But if so, will a reinstall preserve my settings and .xml tasks? Btw I only noticed this after I got an error from my scheduled Macrium backup that my MFT was corrupt and I needed to run chkdsk c: /r. On reboot however, the countdown began, but chkdsk did not run, even in safe mode. So I decided to restore an earlier image and noticed the resolution problem, which was not there before. I use the MR boot menu frequently. I had to restore using the rescue media, and the MFT issue is thankfully resolved. Could the MFT, chkdsk and the boot menu resolution issues be related? Hope there are no deep-seated problems on this laptop requiring a clean install.
