Starting off with the imaging backup functionality Reflect 7 will begin the imaging wizard, initially requiring use to specify what disk to image backup and where to store the image file.Īs well as selecting the disk and the storage location we can also set up alternative storage location which is an excellent addition to the software. Any disks installed on the current system will be displayed in the main window and tasks such as imaging or cloning the specified disk can be started by clicking the buttons below the disk or on the left side menu. Once installed and having started p the application Reflect 7 will take you to the main start screen, from here ll of the main backup and imaging tasks can be performed.

Within just a few minutes and a few clicks I had the software up and running on my PC. Start Reflect, take the ‘Other Tasks’ menu option and select ‘Create a bootable Rescue CD’ The wizard opens and In the wizard window, select ‘ Windows PE 2.0' and click ‘Next’.Starting off with obtaining Macrium Reflect 7 is easy enough, the software is completely free so downloading and installing was a quick and simple process.We need to create an image of the bootable CD so we can transfer the contents to the USB stick. Use DiskPart to set the partition on the USB drive 'Active'.Note: If you receive a message saying ‘Windows was unable to complete the format’ then in some cases the format has actually finished and this message can safely be ignored. It’s best to leave the ‘Quick Format’ option un-checked. Make sure that FAT32 or NTFS is selected as the file system.Open ‘My Computer’, right click on your USB drive and select properties.Make sure your USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. In this tutorial I'll show you the simple steps required to create a USB stick that boots into the Macrium Reflect Windows PE Rescue Environment. The partition boot sector is created when the file system is formatted.

The BCD is used to boot Windows PE and all flavours of Windows with the Vista kernel and later.

Windows Vista/7 creates different partition boot sector code that's compatible with the Boot Configuration Data ( BCD). The partition must be formatted using Windows Vista/7.

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