Imaging with free Macrium

I watched both the Macrium Imaging tutorial video (thanks, Wolfgang!) and Keith's Macrium Recovery tutorial video and I have a follow up question.

I was trying to do my Test Image restore, and as I went through the steps, I was never offered the option regarding whether I wanted to restore the MBR or not - it was just a Yes. Since I was restoring a partition that only contained data files, I didn't think it should have an MBR so I stopped at that point.

I have attached a PDF that shows the sequence of steps (not all of them, but the key ones). I have also attached a poor quality screen shot of the key point where it tells me the MBR will be restored.

Here's my question - am I supposed to restore an MBR in this situation? Or, if not, how do I prevent it?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I didn't think I needed to restore it - but I couldn't find a way to tell it NOT to do so - I did not see a check box or link or Yes/No or any other way to select whether this happens.

Maybe I missed it ... this is my first time trying to do it, that's why I added the PDF with the 4 screen shots in it.

If you can tell me where in the sequence of the Recovery process this option is offered, I will go back through it and complete my test

:)

As always, thanks for your help.


PS - if the fact that Macrium doesn't give me the choice about restoring the MBR is somehow related to the whole "two active partitions" thread that I started elsewhere (yes, I'm THAT one) then I'll go fix that first and then come back and redo this test with a fresh test image

Looks like whs is offline right now, so i'll try and help.
When you click on Next in your screen print you'll get to the window where you can click on Advanced Options, and there choose to not restore the MBR.
The default is to restore the MBR, you have to select Do not replace.