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KCav
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 Posted - April 28 2015 : 04:28:06
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What do I need to do to be able to rescue my notebook. I thought I would boot from a USB, load Macrium Reflect and restore my hard drive from files stored on a USB hard drive.
I clicked on Other Tasks, Create A Rescue Media, Linux, Next. Then I selected Create an ISO image file. This created an ISO file. Instead of burning a CD I copied the ISO to a USB Flash drive.
Next I shut down my computer and removed the internal hard drive and then I rebooted. I expected the machine to boot from the USB but instead it said there were no bootable drives. I reinserted my hard drive, went back into Macrium Reflect and this time I used Compatability mode. It didn't work either.
How do you create a bootable USB Rescue drive with Macrium Reflect?
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shemp
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shemp
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StephenG
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KCav
New Member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - April 30 2015 : 19:25:06
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Thank you shemp and StephenG for directing me to tutorials about How to make a Rescue USB, I discovered by selecting the option ”Create a Win PE” the opportunity to use a USB flash drive is available. I followed the directions and was able to create Rescue USB that boots to Macrium Reflect – Standard Edition Windows PE. 
I am still unable to restore my system from image files created using Macrium Reflect procedure “Create an image of partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows. After starting the system with the Rescue USB plugged-in the words ‘Windows is loading files’ appear on the screen. Macrium Reflect, 5.2.6474 loads. If I plug-in the USB hard drive, and click on the Restore tab > Browse for an image or backup file to restore > Computer – I can see the Hard Disk Drives and Removable devices on my notebook. I see the USB hard drive where my BUs are stored, and the internal hard drive I want to restore an image file to, and the Rescue USB.
Next I click on the USB hard drive where my BUs are stored and browse to find the file I want to restore, select a file and click Open. Information appears in the Main Window that references the contents of the image file to be restored. It identifies the file. MBR Disk 1, then, NTFS Active and specifies the used space on the drive. I left clicked and the word Actions appeared. I clicked on Actions and “Restore the partition“appeared. I clicked on Restore the Partition, thinking I’m Done and the words “No local disk found to restore to” appeared.  How do I tell Win PE where I want to restore the image file to? 
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StephenG
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United Kingdom
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Posted - May 06 2015 : 13:23:40
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Hi KCav,
Apologies for the delayed response.
Restoring an image using the rescue media is the same as from within Windows except you will not need to reboot to start the restore.
Please follow this article and make sure that you are selecting the correct disk to restore to.
http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50079.aspx
Kind regards
Stephen - Macrium Support |
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KCav
New Member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2015 : 13:05:48
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| This article is not for restoring a system image to a new hard disk. |
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KCav
New Member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2015 : 13:34:01
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Succeeded in creating a USB Rescue media; followed steps under Create Rescue Media tab and used the following options:
(1) selected Win PE option
(2) did not install any special drivers
(3) on the final screen selected USB Device and clicked Finish.
Recovery steps to restore image file to new hard drive:
1. Removed old hard drive
2. Put in newly formatted hard drive, NTFS format
3. Connected USB Hard Drive where image files are stored
4. Inserted USB Flash drive with Rescue program on it
5. Booted to Win PE and Macrium Reflect immediately loaded
6. Ran Restore procedure
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shemp
Regular Poster
USA
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Posted - May 13 2015 : 15:24:52
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quote:
Originally posted by KCav
This article is not for restoring a system image to a new hard disk.
Hi,there is an option during the restore process to select a different target disk |
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KCav
New Member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2015 : 16:28:24
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In Section 3 of KB v5: How to restore a backup image - under - Restoring a system image, it says "If you are restoring your system Image or whole hard drive Image (which includes system partitions) to a new Hard drive then don’t follow this tutorial." The KB is found at
http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50079.aspx#RestoreSystem
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shemp
Regular Poster
USA
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Posted - May 13 2015 : 17:32:38
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Hi, please see in my screenshot (circled in red).I believe this is what you want to choose. Hope this helps a bit.
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Seekforever
Advanced Member
Canada
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Posted - May 13 2015 : 19:24:24
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The article is not really clear but it does tell you what to do with a new drive and mentions a video. This mention would benefit from being more specific about the video. I also hate "how to do something on a computer" by following a video; I would much rather have written instructions but that's not the issue here.
Once you are familiar with the product you know that restoring to a new HD by booting the rescue CD first and then doing what amounts to the same procedure for an existing HD then it is more obvious. Part of the "intuitive interface once you know how" school.
There is no real benefit in formatting the new disk first since the filesystem is overwritten by the images filesystem. I will concede that it does get the disk initialized and the formatting gives some confidence that the disk does work.
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KCav
New Member
USA
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Posted - May 13 2015 : 19:42:43
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Thank you Seekforever for replying to my post. I really like using Macrium Reflect, one reason is the replies I receive to the question I post here.
I don't know why but recently I was asked to join the BOD of the Ladies Benevolent Society - I'm surrounded by people who have not crossed the digital divide. What should I do? One thing is tell them is to use a Full Featured Backup and Restore program. I have feeling alot of How To questions are coming. I really would appreciate your help on this.
KC |
Edited by - KCav on May 13 2015 19:53:21 |
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Drac144
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - May 14 2015 : 18:57:34
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Interesting situation. I really like MR and recommend it to friends and clients. HOWEVER, for some clients *I* have to monitor the backups (remotely) to be sure all is well. They would not have a clue of what to do or how to do it.
Unless you want to take on such a role, I suggest you think twice about recommending MR to people with very low levels of computer literacy. Maybe if you set it up and got it working for them. And checked on it from time to time to be sure it was not getting errors, etc. it would be fine.
I think people with less than some minimum level of computer literacy might do better with a company that offered phone support. I am interested in hearing what others think about this situation.
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