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Macrium Reflect

Forum discussion tagged with Macrium Reflect.
  1. D

    Question Cloning process frozen what can happen if I force end the program

    Macrium cloning process frozen at 100% What can happen if I force end the program Or restart computer?
  2. D

    Question Macrium reflect stuck at 100% but will not complete

    Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a 2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it took around 15 mins from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now...
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    Question Cloning m.2 ssd with Macrium and it’s stuck at 100%

    Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a 2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it looked around 15 from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now with...
  4. joantonio98

    Question Macrium Reflect Code Error 21 ?

    Hello guys, I have a problem with the Macrium Reflect X. I want to clone my SSD to a new large SSD but I always obtain this error code: "Clone failed-Error 0-Unable to match partition - Drive 1, Start Sector 3997900800-Cluster Run Error. Cluster Run short- Error code=21. Please run 'chkdsk :/r'...
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    Question Entire SSD Disappears Only During Backups

    Randomly, only during Macrium Reflect automated backups, my PC loses the SSD containing C: and crashes. The next morning I find it at the BIOS screen because the entire SSD is missing until I do a hard power reset. BIOS shows other SSDs, but no Samsung 990 Pro which contains C:. Reset button...
  6. Dylan Beckett

    Question Formatting and/or Macrium Stuff ?

    Hello This is regarding two sometimes separate, and sometimes combined topics… Formatting drives in general, and using Macrium to do stuff. When I format either: - a new System drive, or - a new Storage/General Use drive, or - a new external drive Do I need to choose a specific type of...
  7. Dylan Beckett

    Question Cloning a Windows System Drive… Plus some Complications ?

    Hello Please read this whole original post before replying, ok. My Dad has an older PC, and the System Drive is dead. I will be replacing it in a few months, but clearly he needs a new Windows installation until then. I have just bought a new 500GB Samsung 2.5" 870 EVO SATA 6Gb/s SSD PN...
  8. TheFlyingCelt

    Question I'm confused about some aspects of Macrium Reflect backup software ?

    Hi everyone. I'm giving Macrium Reflect backup software a try but I'm confused about some aspects. I read here and there, watched tutorials, but no one really explains some important details. Question 1: by ticking the box "if possible create a full synthetic backup" I think I understand that...
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    Question Macrium Reflect clone failed

    I am trying to clone my SSD (256GB, only about 2GB free) to a larger SSD (1TB) using Macrium Reflect Free. I figured out how to allocate all of the remaining free space to the C: drive with the NTFS Active partition the same size as the original and the NTFS Primary Partition a bit larger than...
  10. Spii

    [SOLVED] I messed up... Computer won't boot OS after cloning SSD.

    Scenario: Was running an Intel 660p 2TB drive (PCIe3) on an ASUS z690 prime. Never had any issues, runs like a dream. I bought a 980 Pro 2TB to add some headroom (current drive was about 60% full so not too bad). I think I messed up by doing several things at once that I shouldn't have: 1) I...
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    Question How to take Windows 10 Desktop system image and restore on laptop

    I'm wondering if I can take my windows 10 system image and install it on my laptop using macrium reflect 8? My desktop is a ryzen 9 computer with my laptop being an intel i5 (ASUS TUF fx505gt). The steps I've done currently: 1.) I've created an image backup of my desktop win 10 system using...
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    Question I think I done messed up

    I was trying to clone my boot drive to a new SSD since the original was a hard drive with limited storage. I cloned it using macrium and tried to boot with only the new SSD after shutdown. No boot and no option to use it after I tried finding it in the bios. When I checked my disk management I...
  13. PCuser150+

    Question Power off went during cloning process

    Please help, power went off while cloning my drive at around 30% progress and I now it seems the boot files moved to the target drive (now marked system reserved D) and goes straight to recovery screen when trying to boot & the source drive doesn't have OS anymore, I'm only able to boot my PC...
  14. B

    [SOLVED] SSD clone problem

    Hi Hoping someone has the time to help, if so I would really appreciate it I wanted to switch/upgrade my SSD's in my gaming computer I built a few years ago. I have a Gigabyte X570 elite wifi board and it had 2 m.2 ssd slots. When I built the computer I put 1x500gb and 1x1tb ssd into the...
  15. Jessy2001James

    Question Reinstalling Windows and restoring a backup ?

    Hi there, Due to some issues with my PC, I have been suggested advised to reinstall Windows. I downloaded Macrium Reflect and made an image back up of my entire C: drive ( ssd ) and put it on my second drive. My question is, how can I safely restore the back up after I reinstalled Windows? Can...
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    Question Cloning OS to a specific partition

    Forgive me if this has been asked a hundred times before, I figured this would be a common question but I cannot for the life of me find any threads of someone moving their old OS to another drive without having the new drive wiped first. This ended up longer than expected so there's a TLDR at...
  17. aidfarrell70

    [SOLVED] I Need Helping Cloning Windows From Old To New SSD

    I bought a new Samsung 980 1TB SSD and I've installed it. I tried cloning windows from my old KINGSTON 110GB SSD (using Macrium Reflect) to my new one. However, when I did so I realized that neither the old nor new SSD would boot up windows without the ERROR 0XC0000F message. And the only way I...
  18. Birojuice

    [SOLVED] Do i need to use a software to clone my HDD?

    I am currently using my 1TB hdd as a secondary drive to store games and such, and i just upgraded it and bought a 2TB MX5000 SSD. I was wondering if i needed a software like Macrium reflect or if i could just copy and paste in the file explorer. Both drives are working properly.
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    [SOLVED] Pace anti-piracy has screwed my system - and can't get into Macrium Rescue

    I just tried installing a Sonivox Harmonica VST on my Windows 10 machine, which required that I install something called "Pace Anti Piracy". When I rebooted I got a blue screen, and a series of failed attempts at auto-repairing Windows. I've tried rebooting from a Macrium Rescue CD (created...
  20. anton1sandstrom

    [SOLVED] Cloned my hdd to ssd and now cant boot unless I use windows boot manager

    I used Macruim Reflect to clone my hdd to my ssd so I could use the ssd as my windows boot drive. I’ve changed the order in my bios so that the ssd is the first drive to load and the hdd second. After I changed the boot order and restarted the pc some text appeared and told me ”Reboot and...
  21. Jave10

    [SOLVED] Switching from HDD to SSD. Macrium Reflect gives me "Error 9" "23 - Data error (cyclic redundancy check)"

    I just decided that I should use my SSD as my home drive after I got a new 2tb data HDD. However, when I try to clone, I get "Clone failed - Error 9 - Read Failed - 23 - Data error (cyclic redundancy check)". Also, whenever it gives me the error, I get a windows 10 notification saying that the...
  22. Rodion15

    [SOLVED] Is it worth the time for a tech learning Robocopy?

    Before I continue potentially wasting my time learning how to use Robocopy, I would like to get some opinions. Is there a universal tool that does everything Robocopy and Macrium Reflect can do? For a computer tech, such as a repair and networking technician, does Robocopy do anything, when...
  23. DF_

    Working remotely & synchronishing files across multiple HDDs

    Hello, I have a question concerning taking HDDs on the go, and consolidating files. Outline I work in VFX and CGI. I have a studio with two very well-specd Ryzen builds that I use on a daily basis, and at the moment one of those PCs has various HDDs within it that I use for projects; these...
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    Question Messed up windows boot drive during ssd cloning and now only blank screen

    Hi guys, I'm really hoping someone can help me here because I'm at a loss now. I use a windows/ubuntu dual boot system and I recently bought an m2 ssd to upgrade from my hdd. I cloned the hdd onto my ssd and created a usb rescue media using this method...
  25. GeoGroen

    [SOLVED] Cloning M.2 to SSDs in RAID 0 (and boot from the RAID disk)

    Hello gurus Currently running: OS: Windows 10 x64 Mobo: Asus Prime A320M-K Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Gen 3 Storage: Western Digital Blue M.2 SATA 500GB Recently installed three Western Digital Blue 2.5" SSD SATA 1TB drives and went into Disk Management to set up a new striped volume. This...
  26. Quaternion 123

    [SOLVED] SSD not in boot priority section of UEFI but appears everywhere else

    I'm trying to install a new SSD onto my computer, and I wanted to backup my windows so that I could boot from my SSD. I backed it up (clone feature) using Macrium Reflect (free edition). Windows is now on one of my SSD partitions. When I went into the UEFI BIOS Utility of my computer, it showed...
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    [SOLVED] Amount of Total Storage Different After Cloning

    Hi, I finally just upgraded from a mechanical harddrive to an SSD, and used Macrium Reflect to clone my stuff over. After doing it though, I noticed that the storage on the two drives was not equal, despite the partitions and unallocated space being identical. Before cloning, there was about...
  28. Lonsol

    [SOLVED] Macrium Reflect Keeps Throwing Error 9 During Cloning

    I bought a 2TB SSD and I wanted to clone all my files from my 1TB HDD over, but I keep getting an error in the middle of the cloning process. It always stops at 84% interestingly enough. Does anyone know what the problem might be?
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    Question URGENT: Critical Process Died BSOD - Macrium Reflect - Have access to OS but C: Drive data is missing! Any help appreciated

    So for context about a week ago the Macrium Reflect backups for my C: Drive (Corsair 240GB SSD) suddenly started failing, with occasional BSOD occurrences, so I temporarily stopped the daily backups and figured I would sort it when I had the free time. This morning I went onto Macrium Reflect...
  30. Dean Grey Beatz

    Question Cloning hdd to ssd failed cant boot into windows after chkdsk/f

    Bought a 1tb ssd to upgrade my old PC X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 I7 930 stock clock has ben oc before 2 x ( 3x2gb ) corsair ram Hd 6750 850w master cooler silent, now 420w cool master. Tried cloning old hdd to ssd got errors, ran chkdsk/f . System needed to restart went to restart black screen. Left it...
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    [SOLVED] Disk cloning not fully working

    Hello, about a week ago I've got new (500GB) SSD, and I wanted to clone my old one (120GB) onto it, so I downloaded Macrium Reflect, and went through process and everything went good with no errors whatsoever, so I swapped old disk with new, and it seemed that it worked, windows booted correctly...
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    [SOLVED] HDD>SSD clone boots to black screen

    I hate dealing with computers with a burning hot passion. I'm really up to the point of just running the damn thing over. Please help me before I do. I installed a bigger SSD in my main laptop, so now I want to use the old one for my secondary. After a whole day of trying, I always end up with...
  33. Pack-A-Punch

    [SOLVED] Copied 1T SSD onto 2T SSD however only 1T is showing on the new SSD with 900 gb grayed out and not available.

    Title is the question, here are screenshots for reference https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/609997385443311617/657978467572383744/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/609997385443311617/657978602293297182/unknown.png
  34. L

    [SOLVED] Problems with Macrium Reflect.

    I just purchased a new Samsung QVO 1tb SSD to replace my 1tb WD HDD, but it seems that Macrium Reflect is having trouble cloning the HDD over to my SSD. Every time I attempt to clone it gives me this message "(D:) has a NTFS MFT record size smaller than the disk sector size." Just one more...
  35. M

    Question Merging 2 ssd's onto one without losing files on either.

    In my computer currently i have a 128g samsung 840 evo, and a 1tb 840 evo. i have windows on the 128g and some other drivers for the graphics card along with misc files and apps that i dont wanna reinstall. i also have files and apps on the 1 tb 840 ssd that i dont wanna reinstall. i want to...
  36. _dawn_chorus_

    Question How much space does Macrium Reflect Clone Need???

    I am trying to clone my hard drive which has only 256gb on it with Macrium Reflect but it keeps telling me there is not enough space!! The Source drive is a 512gb ssd with only 256gb used, the target is a 465gb external HDD. Whats the deal? I assume a clone is a bit bigger than whats just on my...
  37. J

    [SOLVED] Cloning a disk vs expanding storage

    My bosses hard drive is full, I've cloned a disk before using Macrium Reflect just to replace it but it wasn't without it's problems and scares. There is a lot of important data he doesn't want to risk losing, would just throwing a new ssd in and not touching the old one just to expand storage...
  38. M

    [SOLVED] Do I need to keep macrium (free version) after cloning?

    I cloned my old hdd to a new ssd and it works perfectly. However, I know that cloned boot drives can sometimes mess up, and I did some research before cloning. I faintly remember reading somewhere that macrium solves these boot issues? by running in the background? I have No Idea Whatsoever, to...
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    CPU getting really hot?

    Hi, I have a i7-6800k with a h115i that I added 4 noctua nf-a14 fans on it and my cpu can't pass a stress test in OCT because it goes over 95 c. I have my cpu at 4 Ghz and 1.2v, but before I kept it at 4.2 Ghz and 1.265 v. What could cause my cpu to overheat so much? I even keep the fans at...
  40. L

    Two devices on one set of speakers

    I want to connect my Yamaha CRX HiFi and my laptop together to the same HiFi speakers but using separate speaker cables but using one device at a time. I have tried them individually, they both work. With my laptop there is a tiny amp that boost the sound on my HiFi speakers. That works too. At...