For the transfer to be successful (Macrium Reflect checks if it can be done before starting the operation), it is sufficient that the sum of the space occupied by the data on the source partitions is at least equal to the capacity of the destination SSD (add it anyway at least 20-25% more). The other great benefit of using Macrium Reflect is transferring Windows to a smaller SSD than the original hard drive. Macrium Reflect allows you to automate the entire process by allowing it to be managed from a convenient graphical interface. In this way, Macrium Reflect can create a copy of a live Windows installation while running on a system by directly cloning to SSD media. The program relies on the system supported directly by Microsoft to create shadow copies in Windows, used among other things in wbAdmin. The advantages offered by Macrium Reflect, even in the free version, are not insignificant. Ability to customize the destination disk structure.SSD optimization and alignment performed automatically.Cloning can also be performed on SSDs smaller than those of the starting hard disk.It is not necessary to use bootable media.Cloning can be done without leaving Windows.Ability to directly clone hard drive to SSD.Give it a try if you are looking for a disk imaging tool. That’s it for a quick overview on Marcum Reflect, I found it to be easy to use compare to some of the other tools we’ve covered earlier. This will come to handy if you want to boot into the new raw image without affecting your current Windows OS. VHD is new to Windows 7, if you don’t know what’s VHD we strongly recommend that you check it out here. Macrium Reflect also Let’s you convert an imagine to VHD Regardless, if you will be using the feature, it’s none the less a nice to have. Windows PE is short for, Windows Preinstallation Environment, it’s a lightweight Windows that mostly used by IT Pro’s to deploy Windows to workstations. Macrium Reflect Let’s you Create Windows PE DiskĪpart from the ubiquitous disk imaging/clone and restore functions, Macrium Reflect also has a feature that lets you to create a blank Windows PE rescue media. Apart from this, Macrium Reflect does a lot more than you might think. The only downside when using this tool is all the backup and restore images are generated into a proprietary format, other tools won’t be able to read. The Free version is packed with many useful features on top of the basic function for disk imaging and disk clone. Macrium Reflect is yet another tool allows you to clone a disk to another disk that could be another attached local hard drive or network attached drive or CD/DVDs. We’ve covered tools before that lets you clone a disk image, check out some previous tools covered here and here.
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