Image your system with free Macrium


  1. Posts : 513
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #2001

    kado897 said:
    You should be OK. The only difference would be drivers. Try making a rescue disk for one and see if it will boot on the other.

    Thanks !
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  2. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #2002

    Mike99 said:
    Can drive images, Macrium or Windows, be moved or copied between external drives? Or do they have to stay on the EHD that they were made on for some reason?
    Macrium Images can be moved anywhere, they are just files (Note that Macrium Image Guardian in the paid version will prevent you from doing this as part of its tamper protection and you would need to turn it off temporarily).

    It is more difficult with Windows Backup images. They can be moved / renamed but they need to be in the original location before they can be restored.
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  3. Posts : 258
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2003

    kado897 said:
    Macrium Images can be moved anywhere, they are just files (Note that Macrium Image Guardian in the paid version will prevent you from doing this as part of its tamper protection and you would need to turn it off temporarily).

    It is more difficult with Windows Backup images. They can be moved / renamed but they need to be in the original location before they can be restored.

    Thanks -


    Does Macrium assign a new filename to each image, or does it overwrite the old image like Windows images do?


    With Windows images I change filenames on previous images before I create a new one so it doesn't get written over. Do I have to change these back to the default filename in order to use one?
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  4. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #2004

    BuckSkin said:
    I am far from qualified to even stick my nose in this one; however, I have several times copied images to other disks, both Windows images and AOMEI BackUpper images.
    If you remove the image from the original location, you need to document just what Drive Letter you had before and just where you moved things, as you may need to re-establish that path for a restore.
    Not for Macrium images. If you can locate them in the filesystem browser you will be able to restore from that location. The only advantage leaving them in their original location has is that Macrium keeps a record of where they are and pre-loads a list for you to pick from.
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  5. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2005

    No, Macrium does not overwrite older images unless you run out of room, that would be senseless.

    It will even let you know and ask you if you want to overwrite any existing older images.

    Macrium is the King and we highly recommend it here.

    Hi Keith

    Your Tiger looks very Happy

    Here`s a shot of Kitty inspecting a package.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Image your system with free Macrium-kitty.jpg  
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  6. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #2006

    Mike99 said:
    Thanks -


    Does Macrium assign a new filename to each image, or does it overwrite the old image like Windows images do?


    With Windows images I change filenames on previous images before I create a new one so it doesn't get written over. Do I have to change these back to the default filename in order to use one?
    Macrium assigns a new filename for each image.

    For Windows images you need to change the filename back to its original name for a restore.
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  7. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #2007

    AddRAM said:
    No, Macrium does not overwrite older images unless you run out of room, that would be senseless.

    It will even let you know and ask you if you want to overwrite any existing older images.

    Macrium is the King and we highly recommend it here.

    Hi Keith

    Your Tiger looks very Happy

    Here`s a shot of Kitty inspecting a package.
    Hi Brian. I don't get on to SF much any more but I still have a few subscriptions. Kitties love cardboard boxes.
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  8. Posts : 513
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #2008

    Going against Macriums default recommendation, I named my backup files to suit myself; what possible problems could that cause, if any ?

    Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.
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  9. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #2009

    BuckSkin said:
    Going against Macriums default recommendation, I named my backup files to suit myself; what possible problems could that cause, if any ?

    Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.
    I've never tried but it may make it more difficult to create and maintain differential or incremental images off it.

    I use a different approach. I allow MR to generate the image names but place them in folders which describe their purpose.
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  10. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #2010

    kado897 said:
    ...Kitties love cardboard boxes.
    They also love large paper bags they can get into.

    kado897 said:
    I've never tried but it may make it more difficult to create and maintain differential or incremental images off it.

    I use a different approach. I allow MR to generate the image names but place them in folders which describe their purpose.
    I don't use differential or incremental images (I also don't recommend them) so I can't speak from experience but I suspect you may be correct about them. I do assign names to my images (example: Before Glary, SAS Updates 01-10-2019) to make determining which one I need to use much easier. I never had a problem doing this (but, again, I don't use incremental or differential backups).

    Your folder idea sounds like a good one.
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