Imaging with free Macrium

   Information

This tutorial shows imaging with free Macrium Version 5.0. If you are still using Macrium Version 4.2, go to this Vimeo site where the tutorial of that version is stored.

The Video does not show the recovery part because I have no setup to screen capture it. But Keith (Kado) made this excellent recovery tutorial with text (but no sound) that he captured from a virtual partition.

   Warning

Note that the external disk to which you image must be formatted in NTFS. A disk that is formatted in Fat32 will accept an image, but the recovery programs cannot restore that image. You can, however, mount (open) a Fat32 image as VHD.

   Note

The production of the WinPE recovery CD (which is highly recommended) may take up to 3 hours because Macrium needs to download the 1.7GB WAIK (Windows Application Installation Kit). For your convenience I have uploaded a ready made .iso of the WinPE recovery disc. That can be downloaded in appr. 8 minutes which clearly beats the WAIK download. Once you downloaded and unzipped the folder, you can burn it directly to a CD with e.g. ImgBurn.

Here is the link to my Skydrive site.

Here is an alternate link from FileSwap (courtesy of Gary - Britton30)

I draw your attention to the fact that this WinPE CD can also be used to make images. That may be convenient in case you do not want to install Macrium on your PC.

This video tutorial explains the full cycle of the imaging process which is:

· Initial setups
· Image definition
· Image scheduling
· Image production

The imaging program that was used for this tutorial is free Macrium. But the basic principles are the same for other imaging programs although the user interface will be different.

This video runs for appr. 7 minutes.
There is a related thread on the Vista forum which gives a brief introduction to Macrium followed by a discussion.
You can download the free Macrium edition from here.

Note: If you have a problem with the loudness of the sound output of the video, check the "Loudness Equalization" box in your Playback device. It is under the 'Enhancements' tab.

Related Tutorials

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• How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 7
• How to Do a System Image Recovery in Windows 7
• How to Backup User and System Files in Windows 7
• How to Restore Backup User and System Files in Windows 7
• How to Restore your System with a Broken Windows 7 System Image
• How to Create a Bootable Rescue USB Flash Drive for Macrium Reflect

 

[bawldiggle]

... my beginner trainer wheels are a bit wobbly ... but ...
Thank you ... whs, Lady Fitzgerald, mjf

This tutorial shows imaging with free Macrium Version 5.0. If you are still using Macrium Version 4.2, go to this Vimeo site where the tutorial of that version is stored.

The v4 utube tutorial (as recommended in this v5 tute) is very good.
At last I am starting to see how Macrium works. icnic:

In fact for beginners ... watch the v4 utube then come back to this v5 tute
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[whs]

Thanks for the suggestion. It never occurred to me.

 

[Britton30]

I have also uploaded this new version Wolfgang.

Macrium rescue iso 5.2.6504.iso
Size: 155.25 MB
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/h5njTz653P/Macrium_rescue_iso_5.2.6504.iso.html

I got it from your Sky Drive, I forgot how to make one.

I tried to add it to an existing bootable USB stick, but got this:


I burned it to a DVD and it booted fine though.

 

[Britton30]

I used YUMI to add the WinPE with grub instead and it added, but it won't boot, here's the error.

 

[kado897]

You have blanks in the file name Gary. YUMI doesn't like that.

 

[Britton30]

You have blanks in the file name Gary. YUMI doesn't like that.

Do you mean spaces Keith?
I'll rename it to: Macrium_rescue_iso_5.2.6504

 

[kado897]

Yes.

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Keith, that worked perfectly.
You're not only a good GFX-er but you know useful stuff.

 

[kado897]

I stumbled across that problem some time ago. It took a while to find the fix.

 

[whs]

Next time try Rufus. That did it in 1 minute for me - and the stick works.

 

[mjf]

But does Rufus restrict you one ISO on the flash drive?

 

[whs]

But does Rufus restrict you one ISO on the flash drive?

That is correct.

 

[SIW2]

Not really.

If you used Rufus to put a windows iso on usb, then it will be the extracted contents, which use windows boot process.

Windows boot process cannot direct boot iso files , as far as I know.

If you want to dump iso files on the usb as well, you will have to use something linux to boot them.

But if you only want to put other windows wim files on there, then you can boot those via windows process. Simply add the entries to bcd. Not difficult.

 

[Britton30]

That's why I used YUMI, I have WinPE, WinRE, memtest, Parted Magic and some others on one stick.

 

[Phone Man]

What is the best format to use on the USB stick or does it matter. Fat, Fat32, NTFS.

Jim

 

[whs]

Depends, for data I use Fat32, for system files, NTFS.

 

[Britton30]

If you allow YUMI to do the format it's FAT32

 

[kado897]

Although YUMI supports NTFS there are warnings that it is unstable and that FAT32 is best.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Depends

What is the best format to use on the USB stick or does it matter. Fat, Fat32, NTFS.

It depends on where you want to use it.

My friend's Macbook can't write to NTFS formatted devices (it can read from them though).

 

[Phone Man]

I used Rufus 1.4.6 to install the Macrium PE rescue ISO on a USB stick and it would only allow NTFS but it would not boot. I then formatted back to fat32 and used Macrium to write to the USB stick and it works great. I used PE5 on my 8.1 system to build.

Jim