Solved Latest Macrium Reflect updates

garioch7 · Nov 24, 2023

@wiganken

As a long-time user of various versions of Macrium Reflect Home and as a frequent visitor to their Forums, there are not a lot of bugs in Macrium Reflect updates, and those that do happen, as apparently has just occurred, are investigated and rectified quickly by the MR team. They have top-notch support on their Forums. In my view, MR is the best imaging software available. Others may differ.

Just my two cents. Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Hemimax · Nov 24, 2023

I 2nd that

pietcorus2 · Nov 24, 2023

I 2nd that :thumbsup:

OldMainframeGuy · Nov 24, 2023

Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but is anyone purchasing the Macrium subscription plan? I have two computers running Reflect; my choices are 1 computer or 4 computers (LOL). The Black Friday $49/4 computers price seems reasonable...sort of, though I don't really like software subscription plans.

kelper · Nov 24, 2023

I'm happy to buy four licences for £50. I hope I don't need to renew for a few years. I think people who have problems with MR may have corrupted systems and blame MR unfairly.

fixer · Nov 24, 2023

kelper said:
I'm happy to buy four licences for £50. I hope I don't need to renew for a few years. I think people who have problems with MR may have corrupted systems and blame MR unfairly.

Wow - that's some sweeping assumption! In my case, #604 and later, I submitted a ticket and was sent a link to a new download which rectified the issue. I'm a long time user and big believer in the paid version of MR but even Macrium aren't perfect.

kelper · Nov 24, 2023

fixer said:
Wow - that's some sweeping assumption! In my case, #604 and later, I submitted a ticket and was sent a link to a new download which rectified the issue. I'm a long time user and big believer in the paid version of MR but even Macrium aren't perfect.

I did say "may".

garioch7 · Nov 24, 2023

Like @kelper, I purchase a four-license pack of each new full version of MR for my two computers. It is a very reasonable price when you consider how well it does the job of creating system images and the many options available. I don't bother with differentials and incremental backups, preferring weekly full system images. In between, I copy my new and modified data files to another drive and send a copy to OneDrive so I am safe.

I concur with @fixer, but Macrium Reflect comes as close to perfect as I have seen in my many years of using computers. And, @kelper is correct that too many users blame software applications for issues with their own computers, unrelated to the software apps on which they place the blame.

Personally, I am not a fan of subscription plans. Whenever possible, I like to purchase a "lifetime" license for software. That is not always possible. Good real-time security software apps are all subscription-based these days.

Again, just my two cents. Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Caledon Ken · Nov 24, 2023

kelper said:
I'm happy to buy four licences for £50. I hope I don't need to renew for a few years. I think people who have problems with MR may have corrupted systems and blame MR unfairly.

The Black Friday Sale 4 for $49.99 is not a "buy" model. It is a yearly subscription, more a lease like AV. Of course this offer adds 6 free months which would concern me as there will be no Black Friday sales in April / May of 2025.

Not sure if this price (4 for $49.99) will be available to existing clients every Black Friday. That said it could be.

Price offerings may be country specific. I just see US dollar offerings.

OldNavy · Nov 27, 2023

Version 7771 is out..

Wisewiz · Nov 27, 2023

Yeah, I just got the update notice, too. Think I'll give 'er a try. 7762 was a disaster for me in several ways, so I went back. Now I'll try moving forward.

garioch7 · Nov 27, 2023

I got notice as well. Looks like I should also update the rescue media for both of my computers this afternoon. The patch installed successfully. My usual backup day is Friday so I will find out then if there are any issues with this latest update. I am showing as licensed, so that is good. I did not update to the previous patch because last Friday was an Easeus Todo Backup Home week. I alternate.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Wisewiz · Nov 27, 2023

Nope. They said this had been resolved. Not on my machine, it isn't.

garioch7 · Nov 27, 2023

@Wisewiz

I just went back and double-checked. My name is there on the 7771 build. I must wander over to the Macrium Forums and see if others are reporting that the issue is not completely resolved.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Bree · Nov 27, 2023

OldNavy said:
Version 7771 is out..

Thank you.

v8.1.7771 - 27th November 2023, post #1 updated.

Wisewiz · Nov 27, 2023

This is the claim. (#713 above shows the current state on my machine.) I did check the splash screen on opening MR, and it does show my registered name and license #.

I'm back to 7675 now, but in 7771, I tried again to make a bootable, and attempts to use it didn't work (again). Fortunately, I have several backup bootables, so I used one of those (built from 7675) to restore last night's image and return me to 7675.

CountMike · Nov 27, 2023

garioch7 · Nov 27, 2023

@Wisewiz

I am just back from the Macrium Forums. There are no posts on that "N/A" topic later than November 24.

I checked my Help, About, and my"Licensed To" field is populated with my name.

I didn't reboot after the patch, but maybe that might solve your issue . . . ?

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

Bree · Nov 27, 2023

Wisewiz said:
... I did check the splash screen on opening MR, and it does show my registered name and license #.

Yes, so does mine now with 8.1.7771....

Wisewiz said:
I'm back to 7675 now, but in 7771, I tried again to make a bootable, and attempts to use it didn't work (again). Fortunately, I have several backup bootables, so I used one of those (built from 7675) to restore last night's image and return me to 7675.

I'm not sure why you seem to have problems building bootable media, but I have just successfully built the 8.1.7771 .wim to update the boot menu, and then updated my rescue usb. I've booted from the usb several times now, and confirmed that 7771 does show the list of existing backups again.

Wisewiz · Nov 27, 2023

@garioch7 and @Bree
Rebooted a couple of times and got nowhere with 7771, so I restored to 7675. Checked splash, and my name was there with my license number. Help About, though, still showed N/A, so I thought I'd try Help > Update license key. That had my license pre-entered, and it called the server and confirmed the license number and my name. Then when I checked Help > About, my name was there. Maybe that's all one had to do to get the name instead of N/A, but we shouldn't have had to do that.