Image your system with free Macrium


  1. Posts : 183
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #1381

    So ReDeploy is not needed if I only change the HDD (to a new, different brand, size, speed etc.)?

    OK, I think I asked too many questions, got too much info and am now overwhelmed. Thank you! I will install and test Macrium in the following days, when I have some time.
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #1382

    Good idea to be informed, but on-hands experience is best.
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  3. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #1383

    Bellzemos said:
    So ReDeploy is not needed if I only change the HDD (to a new, different brand, size, speed etc.)?...
    Correct.
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  4. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1384

    whs said:
    Britton30 said:
    Odd, I have ReflectService.exe running, and I have no auto scheduled back up set.
    That is probably the check for updates. Look into the startups what it is.
    It's for mounting the image file as "virtual disk" so you can read it with windows file explorer.
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  5. Posts : 183
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #1385

    OK, I need another quick advice from you guys.

    Friend gave me his laptop for repair (it's filled with junk, unresponsive, BSODs etc.) and he's running Vista 32-bit. He wants to save his programs and data before formatting.

    I will install Macrium Free (32-bit version of course) on the laptop and make an image of his HDD to my external USB HDD.

    Then I will format his laptop and install Windows 7 32-bit on it and then install Macrium Free again so that I can mount the image from the external HDD and then browse, copy etc. the data he wants saved back on his laptop with freshly installed Windows 7.

    Will this go smooth? Or should I manually copy his files to the external USB HDD? I'm afraid because maybe his HDD is corrupted. It seems I will test Macrium on someone else's PC first.

    Thank you!
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  6. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #1386

    I just updated build 6463 :)

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  7. Posts : 183
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #1387

    PS: PE 3 components is for Windows 7 x86 and x64, right? I see the option to download PE 4 and PE 5 also, but PE 3 is right for me? Thanx!
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  8. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1388

    Bellzemos said:
    OK, I need another quick advice from you guys.

    Friend gave me his laptop for repair (it's filled with junk, unresponsive, BSODs etc.) and he's running Vista 32-bit. He wants to save his programs and data before formatting.

    I will install Macrium Free (32-bit version of course) on the laptop and make an image of his HDD to my external USB HDD.

    Then I will format his laptop and install Windows 7 32-bit on it and then install Macrium Free again so that I can mount the image from the external HDD and then browse, copy etc. the data he wants saved back on his laptop with freshly installed Windows 7.

    Will this go smooth? Or should I manually copy his files to the external USB HDD? I'm afraid because maybe his HDD is corrupted. It seems I will test Macrium on someone else's PC first.

    Thank you!
    Try to make the backup with macrium. Put checkmark at "verify image". In 99.99% of cases no error at all. Otherwise backup form outside vista.... with a recovery dvd. Still failing? Check the disk for errors
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  9. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #1389

    Bellzemos said:
    OK, I need another quick advice from you guys.

    Friend gave me his laptop for repair (it's filled with junk, unresponsive, BSODs etc.) and he's running Vista 32-bit. He wants to save his programs and data before formatting.

    I will install Macrium Free (32-bit version of course) on the laptop and make an image of his HDD to my external USB HDD.

    Then I will format his laptop and install Windows 7 32-bit on it and then install Macrium Free again so that I can mount the image from the external HDD and then browse, copy etc. the data he wants saved back on his laptop with freshly installed Windows 7.

    Will this go smooth? Or should I manually copy his files to the external USB HDD? I'm afraid because maybe his HDD is corrupted. It seems I will test Macrium on someone else's PC first.

    Thank you!
    Since you are going to install Win 7 on the laptop, I would manually copy his data to the external HDD. Using Reflect in this case would be more work than necessary. After you have copied the data and verified it all copied over without errors, I would delete the data only from the laptop, then make an image of the remaining System files on the odd chance the Win 7 installation goes south and you need to restore Vista.

    After getting the data off the laptop HDD and the system files imaged, reformat the HDD and clean install Win 7. Once that has been done and all the updates finished, shrink the C: partition and create a data partition to copy the data on the external HDD into. Keeping the System and data on separate partitions will simplify backups and restores in the future since it is usually the System that goes wonky.
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  10. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
    Thread Starter
       #1390

    Bellzemos said:
    OK, I need another quick advice from you guys.

    Friend gave me his laptop for repair (it's filled with junk, unresponsive, BSODs etc.) and he's running Vista 32-bit. He wants to save his programs and data before formatting.

    I will install Macrium Free (32-bit version of course) on the laptop and make an image of his HDD to my external USB HDD.

    Then I will format his laptop and install Windows 7 32-bit on it and then install Macrium Free again so that I can mount the image from the external HDD and then browse, copy etc. the data he wants saved back on his laptop with freshly installed Windows 7.

    Will this go smooth? Or should I manually copy his files to the external USB HDD? I'm afraid because maybe his HDD is corrupted. It seems I will test Macrium on someone else's PC first.





    Thank you!
    Hopefully such a defunct system will cooperate. But if it does not work, let me kmow. Then I upload a 32bit version of the WinPE .iso from which you can burn a CD or a stick and image with that.
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