How to Create and Restore a Windows Backup Image Using Macrium Reflect

Update - It appears as though they do not offer the software for free any longer, but you can try it out for 30 days for free.

If you need to make an image backup of your Windows based computer just in case you need to revert back to that backup image, it's very easy to do with the Macrium Reflect software. You can create multiple images and also schedule the backups if needed. There are also backup templates such as incremental, differential and Grandfather, father, son etc. You can create the image on a hard disk or burn it to a CD\DVD. You can then restore your backup from the software if needed. There is also an option to mount your backup image as a drive letter so you can browse its contents.

Here is a link to the website where you can download Macrium Reflect trial and the pay for versions.

Here is a writeup of the process on our website.

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[Budfrog]

This program is a lifesaver - worth every single penny or cent if you pay for it which I do as I wanted to all the features,

I had a real issue with my PC a couple of days back and this program allowed me to restore it to exactly the same spec as before the problem occurred. In fact using this program to restore windows allowed me to configure my machine in a more efficient way than before.

[fbushphone]

Useful and all key points explained thank for sharing

[noel]

tHE first time i opened M R was purely by accident and the first thing i saw was the icons at the top left " Rescue" and etc. Interruped by phone call, shut down pc and now I can't open to that page again. I see many files listed in M R that have application extensions but its a guessing game. I thought the Reflect file, there are 2, one is application and the other PNG. I chose application and it opens directly to what your showing here in demo...but i do not see Restore or browse and etc. Can u tell me what file or folder would open up M R to that page or the Home page?

[abhinandanns]

I am getting Error 9 with hdd and also with a new pendrive, not able to take backup in M R, Please help.

[nervouss]

how to restore to another machine with no partition? USB boot disk?

[omar.sheikh]

Can this be restored from "windows boot manager"? as i have this from on to a USB drive?

[almedogjurgji]

Thank you for the video. You demonstrated the case where you restored an image on a drive already in use and the data overwritten by it.
What if on the drive where I intend to restore the image, I’m having problems such as windows ones or just viruses?
Can I just first format the drive and only after the format, restore the image on it? Will in this case be created all the same partitions like on the image, or like on the drive itself as it was when creating the image?

[vlauv]

One very important thing that surely many people wanna know is if a back-up image CAN BE RESTORED on A DIFFERENT drive, different brand, different size, different form factor, other than the drive originates from?! That's the most important and critical issue when the imaged drive is damaged beyond repair and
the sole remedy is just by having done a previous backup!😮

[georgiejr]

A newbie to Macrium and your video explains it quite clearly. I used Acronis and have set it up to run 2 sets of backup one after the other automatically. Creating my windows OS to an SSD inside my PC and the same image to an external usb drive (a backup of a backup - paranoid of redoing a whole new setup if PC crashes). In Acronis, after i start the 1st backup, i wait for 1 min and then start the 2nd backup and the 2nd backup shows Queued. After the 1st backup is done validating, it will start the queued backup, validates and shuts down my PC when backup i is done. Can this be done in Macrium backup, if yes, is there a documentation on this. Thank you.

[Kreemerz]

Can you use this generated image to restore Windows on a different computer?

[ricardodemattos]

Terrible tutorial, unless you already know what he's talking about.

[FrancescDestefani-gswm]

windows 12: backup integrato. no free pay third parties ... integrated. simple. fast. easy. with also real time sync between desktops ...