Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect  

veryneptune said:

Thanks for the answers kado897 and CountMike,

So I should plug in both USB and portable HDD to laptop and boot from USB, then select the backup image from HDD while in rescue mode? I should be able to see HDD plugged in right? otherwise how do I select the backup image to restore from

Yes that is correct. MR will usually present a list of any images it finds on the portable drive so you won't normally have to search for them.

veryneptune said:

Thanks for the answers kado897 and CountMike,


if I choose to add MR rescue in windows boot, can I remove it from windows boot later? if so how?

Yes MR provides a method for both creating the boot entry and removing it.

Sometimes the image to restore is not presented when you boot from rescue media. You will see a an option to browse for an image.



Not sure why it doesn't show but I've come across this so thought I would mention.

Convert GPT to MBR

Also, diskpart will work I believe

Insert flash drive, open a Command Prompt and enter the following:

Code:

diskpart
list disk
sel disk #     (where # is the number of the USB flash drive you want to fix)
clean
convert mbr  (forgot this one, thanks @kado897)
exit               (leave diskpart)
exit               (close Command Prompt)

Ztruker said:

Convert GPT to MBR

Also, diskpart will work I believe

Insert flash drive, open a Command Prompt and enter the following:

Code:

diskpart
list disk
sel disk #     (where # is the number of the USB flash drive you want to fix)
clean
exit               (leave diskpart)
exit               (close Command Prompt)

Rich, you missed a convert mbr command following the clean.

Added it, thank you

Ztruker said:

Added it, thank you