Software Update: Macrium Reflect 7.2.4325

Paramount Software has released an update to Macrium Reflect. This program can create a disk image of a partition or hard disk. In addition to the free version, there are also paid performances those different extras such as being able to do a file backup or an incremental backup, encryption, and restoring a backup to different hardware than it was created on.

From version 7.1 the free version is no longer just for private use, but can now also be used in commercial environments. There is also Image Guardian, which protects backup files from unauthorized modifications, improvements have been made to virtual images, and several bugs have been fixed. The following improvements have also been made in this release:

What’s New:

• We’ve improved the Technicians license product by adding the option to create a Technicians ISO image file and optical media. This offers the full functionality of the Technicians USB stick but also allows you to use it with Hyper-V VMs by attaching the ISO file to a DVD virtual device.
• We’ve added an additional confirmation check box when overwriting a Clone or Restore target disk. This offers Reflect users unfamiliar with the result of a Restore/Clone operation the opportunity to confirm or deny the overwrite operation.
• When attempting to ReDeploy Windows 7 using PE/RE 10 or Windows 10 using PE/RE 3.1 we now prevent IDE/ACHI services and drivers from being copied from the rescue media. This has caused un-bootable systems for some customers previously.
• Some customers have reported non-functioning USB devices which was corrected by updating the USB drivers in PE. Rescue media creation will now copy any USB OEM drivers from the host OS even if ‘compatible’ support is detected in the PE/RE base OS.
• Changed Block Tracker
  • The CBT tracking file format has been optimized and improved for efficiency and robustness. This will require a reboot after installing and the first Incremental after reboot may take longer than normal.
  • CBT and Reflect now ignore the PortableBaseLayer virtual disk used by the Sandbox feature in Windows 10 build 1903.
• Unused .msi files in folder c:\windows\installer are now removed when uninstalling Macrium Reflect.

Bug Fixes:

• In rare cases images could refuse to mount if insufficient access privileges were assigned to the ‘C:\Windows\Temp’ folder. This has been resolved.
• Directly after starting Reflect, incorrect information was shown in the ‘Details’ section of the Tasks list in the backup tab. This has been resolved.
• Rescue Media Builder
  • After uninstalling Reflect, the windows module ‘Wimmount.sys’ could be incorrectly registered leaving other applications unable to mount VHD files. This has been resolved
  • Windows RE could fail to build on Server 2016. This has been resolved
• BitLocker ‘live’ restores may have reverted to BitLocker ‘removal’ restores after the last update. This has been resolved. If this issue affects you then please re-create your rescue media after updating.
• CBT could be disabled for a volume after a reboot forced by running ‘chkdsk /f’. This has been resolved.