Macrium Reflect Issue

web said:

PSCO2007 said:

web said:

I have used the free edition of Macrium Reflect to save a image of my pc to a usb 3 external drive and restored from this drive before too with no problems at all, but today when I try it wont do it (maybe i'm doing it wrong but don't think so worked before ?) ..... when I try to restore an image the program tells me the following drive is in use and restore can not continue (is this new ?) automatic boot not available in free edition ? .... then it goes on to say automatically boot into widows PE, but this option not available in free edition ....... so do I take from this u can save a image in free edition but u cant restore it anymore ?

When I received that message, I popped in the Restore CD that I created.

Problem solved.

I've also narrowed it down to this option (but also don't a have a restore point I can reach now that was before the event ?? but I did ?) but also trying to make the rescue disk now, not before and cant find drivers for it to work in practise now the rescue media is saved on a external usb 3 hard drive can create the rescue disk but it cant access the usb 3 storage

why not simply connect to usb2 port!?

Extending Hardware Support In Windows PE

usb2 is kind of generic thing. It can use a generic driver and works always.
usb3 need special drivers... but you can inject them!!
usb2 and macrium works out of the box

I remember from earlier Macrium versions that USB3 was not supported. But the latest versions work OK.

whs said:

I remember from earlier Macrium versions that USB3 was not supported. But the latest versions work OK.

Most usb3 work OK. But not from all vendors

web said:

Kaktussoft said:

whs said:

I remember from earlier Macrium versions that USB3 was not supported. But the latest versions work OK.

Most usb3 work OK. But not from all vendors

my usb 3 external drive wont work on usb 2 just tried, its not there in my computer but is when plugged into usb 3 ....... how would I find drivers for it on my system they must be there ?

What model external is it, if it is powered off just usb then it might not get enough juice through usb 2. It should show up in the devices and printers area of the control panel.

If your USB3 drive does not work on USB3 and USB2, then something is wrong with the drive. But if that is a spinning 7200RPM disk, then lack of power may be the culprit.