Oct 25, 2018 The following dialog displayed at startup after the 7 trial extension has expired. Continue as Free, reboot and take enable CBT on a volume ‘Contact us.’ will show the following dialog. This will send an email to support@macrium.com with the following content. Subject: Trial Extension Request. Our 30-day trial of Reflect 8 Home is the ideal way to explore what we have to offer with absolutely no risk. If for whatever reason you decide it isn’t right for you, any backups you create during the trial will still be accessible as the software reverts to Reflect Free 8.
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Macrium Reflect 7.2.4601. Macrium Reflect 6.3.1865. Macrium Reflect has been developed to help you create backup copies of your disks. In this respect, the tool supports both cloning and saving the contents of the disk in an image file. The program’s interface is quite straightforward, yet its successful use requires some computer. Feb 23, 2017 Launch Macrium Reflect from your Start menu, desktop or taskbar. Click the disk you want to clone. In this case, I'm choosing my C: drive because it is the drive I'm swapping out. Macrium comes with a free trial version that is just as powerful as the full version of Acronis, the main difference is that with Macrium you can clone a VM and restore it to a physical machine. When my company changed hands, we were without an imaging solution for several months and I was able to maintain my entire office with the free version.
The following dialog is displayed when you take a premium feature option in the Free Edition if there has been no Trial key on the system before. In this example it’s MIG Settings...
The following dialog is displayed at startupafter the 30 trial has expired…
The following dialog displayed after 30 day trial has expired and you’ve reverted to Free when taking MIG settings in Free Edition..
The following dialog displayed at startup after the 7 trial extension has expired...
Continue as Free, reboot and take enable CBT on a volume…
‘Contact us...’ will show the following dialog...
This will send an email to support@macrium.com with the following content..
Macrium Reflect Trial Download
Subject: Trial Extension Request
Contents: user@domain.com - I didn't get a chance to test the trial
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Release Notes
For additional information on upgrading v7 to v8 please see Installing a Macrium Reflect v7 to v8 Upgrade
This article explains how to install Macrium Reflect on an Internet connected PC using the Macrium Reflect download agent.
For a description on installing to an offline (non Internet connected) PC please see here
Downloading the Macrium Reflect Installer
- Click this link to download and run the Macrium Reflect Download Manager
If you have purchased Macrium Reflect then Click 'Enter license key' and enter your license key to automatically download your purchased product.
To download a 30 day trial Click 'Choose Edition' and select the Macrium Reflect Edition from the dropdown list to the right.
Note: You can also enter your purchased license key in the trial installer once downloaded.Enter the folder where the downloads will be saved to or Click '...' to select a folder.
Click 'Run installer directly after downloading' to run the installation package as soon as the download completes successfully.
Note: If you intend to install on another computer then leave this item unchecked.Click Download to start downloading your installation files.
Modifying the default selections
To change which files are downloaded files click the 'Options' button before downloading.
It's only necessary to include 'Rescue Components' when downloading if installing to a PC without an Internet connection, and Windows RE isn't available on the offline PC.
By default, the most appropriate installation for your PC will be selected for download. This is based on operating system, architecture, and existing rescue media components.
Select download options and architecture.
| Option | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflect Installer and PE Components | Downloads both the Macrium Reflect installer and the default Windows PE component files for currently running *Windows OS:
*This is the default option for Windows Vista and XP | ||||||
| Reflect Installer Only | Downloads the Macrium Reflect installer for the chosen trial or entered license key. This is the default option for Windows 7 and later | ||||||
| PE 3 (WAIK) | Downloads the Windows PE 3.1 components to file PE3x86.zip or PE3x64.zip | ||||||
| PE 4 (WADK) | Downloads the Windows PE 4 components to file PE4x86.zip or PE4x64.zip | ||||||
| PE 5 (WADK) | Downloads the Windows PE 5 components to file PE5x86.zip or PE5x64.zip | ||||||
| PE 10 (WADK) | Downloads the Windows PE 10 components to file PE10x86.zip or PE10x64.zip |
For more information on the different versions of Windows PE see this help page.
Resolving Download Issues
Download Failures (Error Code: 1)
Download failures can generally be attributed to either an unstable internet connection or anti virus/malware software interfering with the download. Please try the following steps to resolve the issue
- Reboot the computer to clear any internet cache files
- Disable anti virus/malware software for the duration of the download and installation of Macrium Reflect.
- Download the Macrium Reflect installer on it's own. If the internet connection is unstable, the prolonged download of WinPE components can be postponed and attempted from within the Macrium Reflect software
- Perform a Clean Boot of Microsoft Windows (see: this link for more help) to remove any third party components possibly affecting the download
- Download the installer on another computer
MD5 Checksum Failures (Error Code: 2)
MD5 checksum failures can generally be attributed to either an unstable internet connection or anti virus/malware software. Please try the following steps to resolve the download issue:
- Reboot the computer to clear any internet cache files
- Anti virus/malware or another third party process has either locked or quarantined the downloaded file preventing the MD5 check. Temporarily disable these forms of software for the duration of the download an install process
- Perform a Clean Boot of Microsoft Windows (see: this link for more help) to remove any third party components possibly affecting the download
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