Macrium WinPE .iso download

[whs]

When using Macrium for imaging it is highly recommended to burn the WinPE recovery CD. With the free Macrium version that involves the download of the 1.7GB WAIK (Windows Application Installation Kit). That can take several hours.

For your convenience I have uploaded a ready made .iso of the WinPE recovery disc to my Fileswap site. 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.

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.

Here is the link. Note that Fileswap makes a 15 second pause before you can download from their free service. I guess they want to sell me their Pro version.

My Macrium tutorial was updated accordingly.

 

[Kari]

Once again your imaging expertise surprises me. Thanks for your good work, downloading as we speak.

Kari

 

[Hanna 1]

Thank you WHS
Downloaded the file and unzipped it and it's 170mb only.
now i'm going to burn it.
After burning it's 192mb
Again thank you

 

[whs]

Once again your imaging expertise surprises me. Thanks for your good work, downloading as we speak.

Kari

Kari, it was just supposed to be a little service for our members. Dealing with the WAIK is a bit lengthy and boring.

And I am glad you guys can make good use of it.

 

[kado897]

Nice one Wolfgang. A MacriumPE iso also works well in YUMI as an "Unsupported ISO" if you prefer to boot from a USB.

 

[whs]

Keith, I have not tried Yumi yet. Do you think it is worth it. Maybe I could reduce my big package of CDs that I carry around.

 

[kado897]

Yes Wolfgang. YUMI is good. I have an 8GB USB stick with Windows Defender Offline (Need to install as Windows 7) , Hirens Boot CD, Puppy Linux, PartedMagic, A couple of AV programs and with a bit of fiddling UBCD. If you forgo the WDO you can have one Windows 7 installer. I seem to remember a tutorial to create a universal Win 7 installer somewhere.

Oh it also has a Win7 repair ISO.

 

[whs]

Sounds good. I just came back from Florida. But when I am done setting up my home here in Germany and completed all my doctor appointments, I should reserve a day to move a lot of my CDs on it. Thanks Keith.

 

[kado897]

If you need any help just PM me.

This is Golden's Macrium USB on YUMI tutorial. It is using the Linux ISO but the principle is the same.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/218920-macrium-reflect-create-bootable-rescue-usb-drive.html?filter[2]=Backup%20Restore

 

[whs]

Thanks, but I think I can manage.

 

[kado897]

OK Wolfgang. If you want to add UBCD it won't work the way YUMI suggests. I have a workaround which I will share if you need it.

 

[whs]

OK, thanks. Let me start with the easy stuff.

 

[whs]

Just another thought. If people are facing a dead system from which they want to recover their data, the Macrium WinPE CD may be one tool to do that. Just use the WinPE CD to image the partition where the data resides. That may be easier for most users than working with a live Linux CD like Puppy.

The Macrium image can then be mounted on any other system (or a reinstalled system on the same PC) to save the data.

 

[LittleJay]

Thank you very much for this whs! I know I will put this to good use.

 

[Bumpkin]

A big Thank You to whs!

Using the Linux boot disk on my HP, I was not able to open the Macrium image folder on my external drive.

Now I can dump EaseUS Todo and not worry about Windows images being successful.

 

[event3horizon]

Danke schon!!! This is very helpful.

 

[whs]

You are all very welcome. I am glad it helps you.

 

[capdileo]

Hello whs.

I have some questions for you since you seem to be expert on this image thingy.

1. I just have one internal drive. So i used a partition to store the image created by macrium free. I then made a linux recovery PE CD to try restore from the image. Only to find that i cant go beyond the select target disk phase in the linux environment of boot cd. Is there no way around it using just one local internal disk and just the linux PE CD?

2. So i thought of creating a WinPE disc instead, which lead me here. I downloaded the iso file from the link you shared here. (thanks by the way) Then i tried to create the bootable rescue disc and chose winPE from the macrium free program interface (installed version 5.0 build 4522). Now when i clicked continue choosing the already downloaded option, i am getting an error which says

"This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the packaage exist and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package"

What seems to be wrong here? Is it because my copy of macrium free is of a different build?

I burned the downloaded file directly onto a cd and i found that i can boot from it but i didn't try restoring from it yet since i saw that a lot of drivers were missing. I used to use norton ghost before, and there it had a option to include drivers while burning a rescue cd. Will just the downloaded iso image suffice for a complete restore without any altercations?

Regards..

 

[Hanna 1]

Hi capdileo
I have downloaded the .ISO and burn it to a CD then making an image with then restoring even with those missing drivers and all went well for me. One point to consider: Try to make an image on an external drive,so if you incouter a problem with your OS,you can not boot with the image partition for a restore.
Good luck

 

[capdileo]

Hello Hanna1

I will consider getting an external hdd just for the backups.
But in the meantime, i need to restore from the image stored on my partition. I am guessing its not possible to run it using the linux pe cd from just the internal drive then is it?