Restoring System Image with Macrium Reflect

barryman said:

I understand that at some point soon Microsoft will be phasing out the System Image function from Windows. Therefore I am looking at trying to do a System Image backup using Macrium Reflect 7.

Just one question (and I hope I'm not being too naïve here) - If my Win 10 system had crashed and I needed to restore the Macrium image that I have made onto my external hard drive, how would I get into Macrium if my Windows 10 was not booting up as I understood that I would need to be in Macrium to start the Restore procedure, no???

I am running the latest update version of Windows 10 Home

You would use the Macrium Reflect bootable Rescue Media.
Here's the main tutorial and a quick reference guide as well...

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect










Lastly, you shouldn't be using Window's backup. Even MS recommends against it.

barryman said:

Thanks for reply but did you mean to type I SHOULDN'T be using MS system image ???

LOL... I surely did.
Must be a bad n't key.

barryman said:

Small query - I want to close down a couple of threads on Tenforums as I got good advice. However, it's not very clear how I bring up a list of previous threads I posted. So, how??

Open your own profile. On the left under your avatar you'll see something like started threads, and something posts.
Just click on those.

barryman said:

Thanks. Byeee

At the bottom of the page in topics you started... there's a "Mark as Solved" button.

Yes, still included - but probably more to support restoring legacy backups rather than creating new ones. Microsoft have said DON'T USE IT for at least the past four years.

Microsoft said:

System Image Backup (SIB) Solution
We recommend that users use full-disk backup solutions from other vendors.

Features removed or Deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update