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Installing a Macrium image backup on a new Hyper-V VM.
I am sure this is obvious to many users, but I puzzled about it a lot today but got there in the end.
I had created a Macrium image backup from audit mode as per the video links on Saturday as described by Kari.
The image I created is a dual boot image - W10 (oobe), and Macrium Reflect.
I could not initially see how to recover that image to a new VM, as it did not have anything, and I could not see how to connect a boot usb.
I realised, you have to actually use the Macrium Rescue iso, as the boot device, and then I pondered how Macrium could pick up the image, as on my PC, Macrium will not see my second hard drive due to a driver missing in default (I have injected the actual drivers but could not get it to work - separate problem).
Unlike installing PRO, the VM booting from Macrium can only be used in basic mode, so I have to take the second drive offline to see it of course.
Obviously I could not put image on my main drive, and take my main drive offline as you could not run Hyper-V.
So initially, I could not see anyway of seeing my image from Macrium without installing Windows first.
Then a light-bulb switched on in my head when I realised within Hyper-V, Macrium knows nothing about the drivers needed to see my second drive. It is Hyper-V that manages the interface to my second hard drive with the Host. I realised it is irrelevant that booting from Macrium in the Host cannot see my second drive.
So I put my Macrium image on second drive, took it offline, created a new VM, and set the scsi driver to use my second external drive.
I then booted PM to Macrium Rescue iso, and Macrium saw my second drive with no problem, selected the image backup and restored it and it worked great!
I can now reinstall Windows 10, Macrium ready as dual boot on Hyper-V in a matter of a few minutes.
Thanks Kari for a great presentation. I just thought I would share my experience in case anybody else needs to restore a Macrium image to a new drive. It was actually easy once I worked out the steps involved.