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Macrium Reflect "Restore" program finds NO files, no *.mrimg files!
Having carefully customised my new computer, I thought it would be wise to create a backup of my c: drive with all of its customizations. (As my computer is a Dell computer I had already used the Dell backup program to create a Factory Default backup/restore disc on 3 DVDs. And that Factory Default restore set has worked perfectly several times.)
But as people here at SevenForums highly recommend Macrium Reflect, I decided to use Reflect to create an image of my customised c: drive (so as to be able to migrate to a non-Dell computer in future, if necessary). However, even after watching several YouTube videos on how to use Reflect, I did not find using this program easy. For one thing, the videos are of an older version, and the new version has different screen layouts.
Anyway, using Reflect I at least succeeded in creating an image of my c: drive on 3 DVDs, with the suffix "mrimg".
Then I thought it wise to make absolutely sure that this Reflect backup will work in times to come. It didn't. I found that no Restore program had been included on the 3 DVDs. (All they contained was the *.mrimg files.)
So I used Macrium Reflect to install the Linux Restore program onto the 3rd DVD, where some space had been left.
If I now boot the computer from the CD-Rom drive, the Linux Restore program boots up and asks me to select the image file to restore from. However, while the Linux Restore program correctly displays my computer's discs and file directories, including the CD-Rom drive, it sees NO image files. (In fact, it sees no files at all.)
As a solution, Reflect offers the possibility of installing "Windows PE" as the Restore program, but I see that that will involve a 1.7 gigabyte download!
Can anyone tell me why Macrium Reflect's Linux Restore program can't see my *mrimg files on the CD-Rom?
I was given to understand that using Reflect would be so easy!
I'm running "Windows 7 Home Edition".
Many thanks.
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The solution to the above problem is as follows. I hope many other people will be saved all the hours of misery I have been through by learning that:
1. Your Linux Restore boot program can only be installed on a CD and must be booted from that CD, in your CD-Rom drive.
2. When you want to restore your backup images they must be on a drive separate from your CD-Rom drive.
3. Whatever other drive your backup images are on, that drive must be plugged in to your computer BEFORE you boot up using the Linux Restore CD. Linux Restore will only search for media that are plugged in and available for view WHILE Linux is loading itself.
Most people only have one CD-Rom drive, but if you have two, then place the first disc of your backup set in your second CD-Rom drive, before booting up with Linux Restore in your main CD-Rom drive.
Last edited by Skylark; 30 Mar 2012 at 05:48. Reason: To share solution with others having similar trouble with Macrium Reflect Free Edition