Macrium Reflect

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  1. Posts : 4,751
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    Macrium Reflect


    I have Macrium and have restored with it a couple of times with no problem. What I am wondering is that if my HD were fried and I had to get a new one, would Macrium backup to a new formated drive just as easy?
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    In my experience yes.
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  3. mjf
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    As long as you have imaged the OS (Boot) partition the answer is yes.
    Even if you had, but lost the system reserved, it can be recreated.
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    If you get the paid version of Macrium it can clone an existing drive to new drive.
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  5. mjf
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    strollin said:
    If you get the paid version of Macrium it can clone an existing drive to new drive.
    The word "clone" has a lot to answer for. Why clone when you can do the job faster and much more efficiently with imaging.
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    mjf said:
    As long as you have imaged the OS (Boot) partition the answer is yes.
    Even if you had, but lost the system reserved, it can be recreated.
    Are you speaking of the 100 MB partition? My drive doesn't have one. I have however imaged the entire C: partition. That should have what I would need, don't you think?
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  7. mjf
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    bigmck said:
    mjf said:
    As long as you have imaged the OS (Boot) partition the answer is yes.
    Even if you had, but lost the system reserved, it can be recreated.
    Are you speaking of the 100 MB partition? My drive doesn't have one. I have however imaged the entire C: partition. That should have what I would need, don't you think?
    Yes, my reference to system reserved was the 100MB partition.
    If C: is (system,active,Boot...) that should be all you need.

    If you have a spare $50 stick a new HDD in and try it. Pick a HDD the same size as the one you have or larger.
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    mjf said:

    If you have a spare $50 stick a new HDD in and try it. Pick a HDD the same size as the one you have or larger.
    I don't believe I have any spare money laying around, but I have heard that you folks "down under" are all wealthy. Let me give you my address and you can mail me a check.
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  9. mjf
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    bigmck said:
    mjf said:

    If you have a spare $50 stick a new HDD in and try it. Pick a HDD the same size as the one you have or larger.
    I don't believe I have any spare money laying around, but I have heard that you folks "down under" are all wealthy. Let me give you my address and you can mail me a check.
    We have cheques and they're all overdrawn. We're part of the global village mess.
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  10. Posts : 3,371
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    mjf said:
    strollin said:
    If you get the paid version of Macrium it can clone an existing drive to new drive.
    The word "clone" has a lot to answer for. Why clone when you can do the job faster and much more efficiently with imaging.
    Image and restore is a 2 step process whereas clone is a 1 step process. How is a 2 step process faster and more efficient? Why do you think the clone option is only provided in the paid version of MR? Could it be a desired feature that some people are willing to pay for?
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