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Using Macrium Reflect to create an image of a brand-new system. The C: drive has 41GB on it. The Macrium Image literally only took only about 3-5 seconds and the image file is only 35MB.

So I'm wondering... did it back up properly? Do I actually have an image of my 41GB SSD? Or need to redo it somehow? Thanks

[[edit: That was for "create an image of the partitions required to backup and restore Windows." So maybe that's why it was fast and small.

When I clicked "Image Selected Disks on This Computer" and clicked the 41GB C: drive though, it still only took 7 seconds and 442MB file."}}

What am I doing wrong or how do I get a complete image?

Bilesh Ganguly
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Hoff
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Without knowing about the particular backup strategy of Macrium and subsequently not knowing if such a small backup could contain all the data you need for a restore:

There is no point of making a backup if you do not test to restore it. Nobody will be able to tell you if the backup was successful if you do not test it.

You said you made a backup of a fresh installation, now is the right time to test a restore without any risk for data loss.

Note that according to Macriums documentation the currently selected option will not create a backup of any data on your computer, except for the partitions required to backup and restore Windows itself.

mashuptwice
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The problem was due to using too old a version of Macrium Reflect. I updated from Macrium Reflect 7.1 to 7.3 and that solved it. The image now completed in 23 minutes and image size is 10.5 GB.

I also tested restoring from the image, and it did restore properly.

Hoff
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I've used the older Reflect for decades and know it can be set to skip all the empty areas on the drive to speed the imaging process.

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