New Macrium Reflect Updates [2]

IronZorg89 said:

A third way I can do my restore is to go to my external HD where the backups are saved, choose the one I want and right-click on it to select restore. After a prompt to enter my password, MR will use Win PE to reboot and start the restore process.

Besides, I also have a slew of backups made with EaseUS ToDo just in case something goes astray with MR. All backups are verified right after they are made with both Apps. So, no worry there.

I think that you can only start the restore from within Windows if you have created the boot menu.

kado897 said:

I think that you can only start the restore from within Windows if you have created the boot menu.

Sort of.

If you have the boot menu setup, and try and do a restore to C drive whilst using Windows, it will start but then it will give a warning and pc will automatically reboot directly into Reflect in winpe mode to do restore.

This only applies to C drive of course.

cereberus said:

Sort of.

If you have the boot menu setup, and try and do a restore to C drive whilst using Windows, it will start but then it will give a warning and pc will automatically reboot directly into Reflect in winpe mode to do restore.

This only applies to C drive of course.

That’s interesting. I’ve only ever done a C-Drive restore either from a multi-boot menu or from a Macrium Rescue USB. Good to know.

cereberus said:

Sort of.

If you have the boot menu setup, and try and do a restore to C drive whilst using Windows, it will start but then it will give a warning and pc will automatically reboot directly into Reflect in winpe mode to do restore.

This only applies to C drive of course.

Which was why I said start the restore.

SoFine409 said:

That’s interesting. I’ve only ever done a C-Drive restore either from a multi-boot menu or from a Macrium Rescue USB. Good to know.

This is handy when connecting to a remote pc and you want to do a restore without user assistance at remote pc.

IronZorg89 said:

I don't really know what you mean by "You can only start the restore from within Windows". I suppose that I am always within Windows because the way I explained it in my post has always worked for me.

If a restore of the c: drive is started from within windows then it needs the boot menu to have been created for it to work as it uses the ISO that creates to boot to the recovery environment. Full explanation here. Restoring a System image from Windows - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

IronZorg89 said:

That is why whenever there is a new MR update, I always make sure to rebuild everything from the ground up: Recreate a new rescue media, a new boot option and MR takes care of Win PE, and finally a new system image backup.

@kado897,

Thx for the reference. I will definitely go through it later today and try to make sense of the way the whole system restore really works.

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@kado897,

I have just read through your reference. It boils down to or highlights the importance of Win PE and having a boot option menu in order to restore the c: drive. I think my methodology as described above has always saved me of any kind of trouble.

Yes or you can manually boot into the boot menu or a recovery usb stick. I usually use the boot menu but I have a usb stick as a backup.