I'm interest about this because it would be useful to do a backup of the MBR (together with the partitions), in case a virus infects it.

Or will the MBR get copied just with the option 'create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows'? Probably not. I load Macrium Reflect and select all available partitions on the SYSTEM2 disk (which are just two, the main one and a system-reserved one).īy doing like this, will also the MBR (Master Boot Record) of SYSTEM2 get copied inside the Macrium image-backup? In other words, will Macrium Reflect always copy the master boot record (if available), even if the selected drive is not the one from which Windows is currently running? Now I want to backup SYSTEM2, with Macrium Reflect Free. I honestly have no recollection of whether I chose to install that feature when I first installed v8 of reflect. The update installer for the most recent v presented change block tracking (CBT) as a selectable option. Let's say I have booted inside the SYSTEM1 Windows installation. I was finally ready to update my Macrium Reflect 8.0 now that the v8.1 update tempest seems to have died down. Let's call one SYSTEM1, and the other one SYSTEM2.

I have two installations of Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1), on two separate SSDs. I have a question about Macrium Reflect Free, and dual boot.

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