Image your system with free Macrium

I found the comments I was referring to regarding Macrium vs. Paragon. Though they are in the thread "Acronis vs Paragon backup software", the posts are speaking about Macrium problems.

Acronis vs Paragon backup software.

There read post #33-36 or so.

Some of it has to do with restoring to a smaller partition, something previously discussed here. But the line which really caught my eye was this:

"But irrespective of mismatched HDD sizes, Macrium Free apparently doesn't get it right... doesn't actually write a bootable and activatable system partition [Windows 7] so you have an exact copy of your prior setup. Good for backing up miscellaneous files and such, but not bootable/activated etc."

While I'm very familiar with Ghost and Acronis T.I., I'm a total "newbie" to Macrium (and for that matter to Paragon and EaseUS). As such, I found the above quote very troubling. So if moving to a smaller drive isn't it, what the heck is being said there?

Whs is absolutely correct.

whs said:

This quote is absolute bull. I have restored many systems (XP, Vista and Win7) from Macrium images and they all booted and worked properly.

Thanks, I'm glad to hear this.

That the guy insisted on activation problems after a Macrium restore semed very strange. I read on in that thread to see if anyone would call him on this specific statement, but no one really did (the thread died after a relatively short 5 pages, so there weren't that many posts).

whs said:

Which proves again that not everything that is posted on the web should be taken as gospel.

Certainly. And if a post such as was quoted is misleading or plain wrong, it deserves to be questioned and, most importantly, corrected (especially for the benefit of those who silently read forums, but do not actively participate). Anyway, I'm glad that what Macrium can and can't do was set straight. Thanks!

Thanks whs for your information how to use Macrium.
Please read my comments.
Use two new Hard Drive, both WD 500 GB each.
Create Rescue CD1 and CD2( in compatibility mode)
Create Imago of my all C: hard disc.
Verify Image, it is OK
In BIOS check booting procedure (DVD, hard drive)
In Restore process in place where partitions should be add, Ctrl button does not work to check two places.
Start to run without partitions check, get "Bootmgr is missing:
Repeat for CD1 and CD2 with same negative results.
Will appreciate comments of all above.
Best regards

whs, thanks so much.
Yes I have this 100 MB partitions in all HD what I am using. Every partition has his own letter. All 100 MB partitions are in NTFS, but one is in FAT. Do I have change this one to NTFS?
Now have next question
1.How do I image this 100 MB partition? it is a part of specific disk where only two partition are.
2. What is a reason for this 100 MB partition?
With my best regards