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Date: 16 June 2023
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Macrium Reflect v8.0 User Guide

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Introduction to Macrium Reflect

Macrium Reflect Minimum System Requirements

Deprecation of SHA-1 code signing

Macrium Reflect Feature Comparison Chart

Licensing Policy

Macrium Services Provider License Agreement explained

End User License Agreement

Contacting Macrium Support

New in Version 8.0

ReFS and ExFAT Support

Dark Theme

Restore and Clone Partition Layout

Existing Backups View

File and Folder Backup Wizard

File Name Parameters

viBoot Virtual Box Support

Removable Media Imaging and Cloning Support

Redesigned Log View

Intra-Daily Schedules

Download and install your purchase

Installing a Macrium Reflect v7 to v8 Upgrade

Installing Macrium Reflect

Installing and updating Macrium Reflect offline

Unique Registration Code

Upgrade FAQ

Upgrading to v8 from v6

Macrium Reflect Quick Start

Windows Explorer shell integration

Reviewing your backup history

Removing your License key when Upgrading your PC

What is VSS, how does it work and why do we use it?

Rapid Delta Clone - RDC

Rapid Delta Restore - RDR

New in Version 8.1

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Backup, imaging and cloning

Creating a backup image of your computer, drive or partitions

Windows Partitions

Manually running a job from a configured XML backup definition

How backup sets are created and maintained

How to delete backup files

Backing up files and folders

Cloning a disk

Backing up Microsoft Exchange databases

Backing up MS SQL Databases

Creating a disk image of a single drive or partition

Differential and incremental disk images

Creating desktop shortcuts for full, incremental and differential backups

Checking VSS events when backups fail

Alternative Locations For Backups

Advanced Options

Verifying image and backup files

How to backup Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volumes

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Restoring and browsing

Restoring an image from within Windows

Restoring a System image from Windows

Modifying restore destination partition properties

Understanding partition alignment

Browsing Macrium Reflect images and backups in Windows Explorer

Browsing Linux Ext File System Images

Restoring a file and folder backup

Restoring MS SQL

Restoring MS Exchange databases

Restoring emails with Granular Recovery

Setting up permissions for Granular Recovery

Adding MS Exchange search folders

Restoring an MBR System image to UEFI/GPT

Restoring a UEFI/GPT System image to MBR

Bare metal restore of a Dynamic disk system

Drive letters assigned to restored or cloned partitions

Restore to VHD

Managing Partitions in the Image Restore and Clone Wizard

Scheduling and Retention rules

Scheduling backups

Configuring e-mail notifications

Running continuous backup of SQL databases

Which user name and password is used when scheduling a backup?

Retention and consolidation

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The Macrium Rescue Environment

Rescue Media Builder - How It Works

Creating rescue media

Adding a Boot Menu option for system Image recovery

Technicians portable application support

About Adding Drivers to WinPE Rescue Media

Fixing Windows boot problems

Updating rescue media to include additional hardware drivers

Adding iSCSI support to Windows PE

Adding BitLocker support to Windows PE

Restoring an image from within the Rescue Media

Macrium Image Guardian

MIG Notifications

Tracking Down MIG Access Blocks

Why MIG isn't available for 3rd party NAS devices

Macrium Changed Block Tracker

Macrium viBoot

Re-deploying to new hardware

Re-deploying Windows to new hardware using Macrium ReDeploy

Using Windows sysprep and deploying using Macrium Reflect

Macrium Reflect Server Plus for Exchange and SQL

Command line operations with Macrium Reflect

Installing Macrium Reflect from the command line

Using Macrium Reflect from the command line

Verifying image and backup files from the command line

Generating scripts and batch files

Generating a VBScript source file

Using VBScript to run sequential backups

Generating an MS-DOS batch file

Generating a PowerShell source file

Backup Folder Synchronization

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Defaults and Settings

Backup Defaults

Restore Defaults

Script Defaults

Email Settings and Defaults

Update Settings

Schedule Settings

Network Share Settings

Event Settings

Advanced Settings

Standalone backup set consolidation

Converting a Physical machine to Virtual Machine

Logging file changes for Incremental and Differential Images

Backup to the cloud with Azure File Shares

How to add an auto restore xml file to the rescue media

Windows Deployment Services PXE Boot Configuration

Installing and Configuring WDS for PXE Boot on Windows Server 2016 2019 2022

Installing and Configuring DHCP for PXE Boot on Windows Server 2016 2019 2022

PXE Deployment

Backup and Restore using MRAuto.exe

Troubleshooting

Running an elevated command prompt

Anti-virus, Registry cleaners and uninstallers

Install and upgrade issues caused by security software

Blue screen with Trend Micro Titanium

HP Protect service mount issue

Kaspersky anti-virus conflict with Macrium Reflect

Macrium Reflect crashes if PretonSaver application is running

Backup aborted! - Folder not found

Backup aborted! - None of the specified backup locations could be written to

Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

Backup aborted! - Write operation failed - Insufficient system resources ...

Backup aborted! - Write operation failed - The request could not be performed because of an I/O
device error

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BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD during backup on Windows XP or 2003

Can't see SQL Instances in Login Window

Can I boot Machine A with Windows PE rescue media created on Machine B

Can I transfer my programs and files to a new computer

Confirming that Macrium download is genuine

Diagnostic information

Driver load issues in WinPE

Error 0x8007052e - Scheduled task restrictions with Windows Vista Starter and Home Editions

Error 1117 - Backup aborted

Event 513 errors in Windows 8.1/10

Hardware: Lenovo Preboot Issue

Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press Enter

Troubleshooting Macrium Reflect startup problems

Macrium Reflect and RAID systems

Mapped network shares not visible in Macrium Reflect when UAC is enabled

Message Not all partitions copied. Insufficient space

My CD/DVD Rescue Media will not boot.

Out of Memory error during File and Folder backup

Out of memory error on 32-bit systems

Out of Memory Error

ReDeploy Troubleshooting Guide

Resolving Rescue Media Network Issues

Existing Backups Load Errors

The error "Not all files have been retrieved" when downloading Windows PE - caused by
BitDefender Antivirus

Troubleshooting installer issues

Unable to read from disk - Error Code 121 - The semaphore timeout period has expired.

Unable to re-join a restored machine to an AD domain

Understanding and resolving backup and restore performance issues

Understanding Image Verification Failures

Incompatible Disk Selected

Internet connection problems when downloading

BSOD MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS when creating rescue CD

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Troubleshooting Microsoft VSS errors

Identifying, diagnosing and reporting VSS errors

Selected writer 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer' is in failed state

'SPSearch4 VSS Writer' is in failed state! (Result Code: 0x8000ffff)

VSS Error: 0x8004230F

VSS Error: 0x80042318 - Failed to Create Volume Snapshot

VSS Error: 0x80042317: Failed to Create Volume Snapshot

VSS Error: 0x8004231f - Failed to Create Volume Snapshot

VSS Error - Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot. Result Code:
0x8004230c

VSS Error - ERROR: Selected writer 'Dhcp Jet Writer' is in failed state!

VSS Error - ERROR: Selected writer 'NTDS' is in failed state!

VSS Result Code 0x8004230f with Event ID 12293 on Windows Server 2008 R2 without
BitLocker

VSS fails due to disks with a non-standard sector size

VSS Fails due to modification by 3rd party software

VSS Error:0x8000ffff - Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot.

VSS Error: 0x800423f3 - Selected writer 'WMI Writer' is in failed state!

VSS Error: 0x80042306 - VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO - Volume Shadow Copy Error

VSS Error - Selected writer 'Registry Writer' is in failed state!

VSS error: VSS_E_SNAPSHOT_SET_IN_PROGRESS

VSS Error - 8193 Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid

Windows 8/Server 2012 Network Connection Issues under WinPE

Windows Update (and other Windows Features) not working after clone to Advanced Format disk

Removing a drive letter from the MS System Reserved partition

Locating missing disks or drives

Excluding disks when Macrium Reflect starts up

Incremental or differential specified but no backup set to append to.

Imaging disks with bad sectors

Running DiskRestore from Windows PE

Stopping the SQL Server service automatically when backing up

Can I use Macrium Reflect to move my installed software to a new machine

Backing up non-VSS aware databases

Reparse points in Disk Images

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Understanding Disk IDs

Backup aborted! - Unable to lock volume

Scheduled task save failed: The system cannot find the path specified

How to check the status of scheduled backups

Macrium Reflect Explorer shell extensions not available after a Windows 10 in-place upgrade

Windows Explorer shell extensions missing

Why a Cloned or Restored file system has less used space than the source

Windows PE build error: "A required privilege is not held by the client"

How to add a user to the 'Administrators' group

How to disable the backup notification dialog

VSS Warning EventID: 8230

Windows 10 Notifications

Executing a VBScript file opens Windows Notepad

How to copy Encrypted File System (EFS) files from a mounted disk image

How to create a Rescue Media ISO image file

Windows 10 Anniversary Update issues

Windows won't start after upgrading to Macrium Reflect v7

How to configure the ReflectMonitor hot key

Very slow File and Folder backups

Windows PE download failure with SonicWALL Firewall

PC won't wake from Sleep to run a backup

Scheduled task last status error: 0x800710E0

Backup aborted! - Unable to read from disk - Error Code 2 - The system cannot find the file specified

Error 0x80070510 when deleting backup files

BitLocker Restore/Clone Outcomes

Restore failed - Write failed - Permission denied WriteFilemSystemData failed

Windows 10 Notifications - 1709 Fall Creators Update

How to allow your PC to Sleep during a backup

Network Share Persistence

XML validation error

Linux ext file systems can show a larger used and total space in Macrium Reflect

Sending backup log output to a text file in PowerShell

How to exclude files from Disk Images and Clones

Windows 7 32 bit - pagefault_in_non-paged_area pssnap.sys

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Scheduled Tasks Error 0x40010004

VSS Timeout

Detecting another process interfering with backups

How to stop Norton Security from triggering MIG Notifications

How to stop Avast Antivirus from triggering MIG Notifications

How to stop AVG AntiVirus from triggering MIG Notifications

XP Patching - Unable to download patch

v8 User Interface Fonts

Toolbar and Application Icons Hidden

BitDefender False Positive

WinRE Rescue media - netsh.exe fails to load

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