Macrium System Migration to nvme

[nvmehelp]

I have a Windows 7 image a very long time now. It is the active partition, ie there is no MSR partition. Macrium acknowledge the existance of Windows 7 installs without MSR partition. In any case the image has always worked, never any problem, and has even been migrated to a newer UEFI system (say 4 year old) with no problem. And still looks the same, ie no MSR partition.

I am trying to restore now to a Ryzen system with nvme whose motherboard has Windows 7 drivers. I have run a motherboard utility on the Windows 7 install media and I can install fresh no problem. And it works perfect, now as a GPT system. In addition, Macrium restore sees all drives, nvme, USB etc., and I can restore image no problem, but it won't boot, blue screens and reboot. Before you tell me redeploy, am I missing something? I don't even care if I have to run as GPT system, that's fine.

 

[SIW2]

You probably need to add nvme support to the restored image.

The "motherboard utility" should contain the two necessary .msu files. You can install those into the applied image remotely, using dism++.

Unfortunately, you can't apply them retrospectively to the macrium image file, because unlike a vhd(x), macrium proprietary images are not serviceable.

I don't even care if I have to run as GPT system, that's fine.

Yes, you will have to use gpt to boot from nvme, unless you have a very special nvme disk with inbuilt oproms.

 

[nvmehelp]

Well I don't know how that, the system already works on a fresh install.

You probably need to add nvme support to the restored image.

Is this what Macrium Redeploy is designed to do?

 

[SIW2]

Is this what Macrium Redeploy is designed to do?

No. That is why I suggested using dism++

 

[nvmehelp]

Ahh yes, thank you. It seems they are .sys files. Should I use Intel or Samsung for WD nvme?

 

[SIW2]

They should be .msu files



If you unpack the "motherboard utility" with 7-zip, they are probably in a folder called Hotfix or Updates.

There is no separate driver for WD consumer os nvme disks.

 

[nvmehelp]

Thank you very much. I'll try to figure out dism now.

 

[nvmehelp]

Would you be able to steer me what I am trying to do now? Create a new Macrium image, or modify the restore or something else?

 

[SIW2]

If you install those two msu files in your running system, then you can creat a new image of that.

Or you can install those two msu files into the image you have already restored. You would need to do that from winpe using dism++ or similar.

 

[nvmehelp]

No luck. I installed those 2 on the running system and made a new image (which uses Macrium V5). Maybe next I can try restoring without the master boot record, which is included in my image, but I gather is not the normal configuration of MBR system (there is no MSR partition).