Instead of Ctrl+Shift+S press Ctrl+Shift+P and a Password dialog is displayed:Īfter entering a password you’ll be prompted with the ‘Save As’ dialog as shown above. The auto restore can be password protected for security. Note: Do not save to drive C: as this drive be overwritten during the restore process. In this example we’re saving to the root of the same drive that contains the image file, drive ‘F:\’. In the save dialog that opens, save the file ‘macrium_restore.xml’ to the root of any local drive that is accessible when Windows PE starts, In the Wizard that opens, click through to the final wizard page and press the Ctrl+Shift+S keys together. Start Macrium Reflect, click the ‘Restore’ tab, select the image created above and click the ‘Restore Image’ link. To do this we need to step through the restore wizard but we aren’t going to start the restore. Once the image completes we can prepare the xml file to automatically restore the image. In this example we’ll choose drive ‘F:\’, an internal partition. Start Macrium Reflect, select ‘Image this partition only…’ for drive C.Ĭhoose a location that will be accessible when the recovery media boots, this could be a spare partition on an internal drive or an external USB disk or flash drive. Without a boot menu you can still automatically restore by booting into optical rescue media or an external USB drive. Take ‘Other Tasks’ > ‘Add Recovery Boot Menu’ in Macrium reflect and follow the instructions here: Adding a boot menu option for system Image recovery.Īdding a boot menu is optional but will enable simple one-click restore when the PC starts. The first step is to add the Macrium boot menu. The restore can be password protected to prevent accidental or unauthorised recovery.BitLocker encrypted drives can be restored without requiring re-encryption after restore.
Macrium reflect free user guide upgrade#
To upgrade to the latest release take the ‘Other Tasks’ > ‘Check for updates’ menu option. Note: These steps require Macrium Reflect v6.3 or later.