Solved Latest Macrium Reflect X updates


Latest Update:

v10.0.8843 - 9th April 2026

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Release notes: Macrium Reflect X Patch Details

Despite the minimal changes this is another full install.


Previous Update:

v10.0.8750 - 3rd December 2025

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Release notes: Macrium Reflect X Patch Details

Note: This is another full install, not just a patch.


31st March 2026: Macrium now offer the choice of purchasing a 3 year plan or an annual plan.

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Reflect X launched on 8th October.

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The Reflect X Knowledge Base is now live:

Getting Started with Macrium Reflect X

- Rescue Media - Disk Imaging - Deciding what to Image - The Disk Image Wizard - Scheduling Disk Images - Backup Types - Retention Rules - Summary - Backup Save Options - File and Folder Backups - Re
knowledgebase.macrium.com


We now know the trade in offers that will be available to those with older V8, v7, and v6 one-time licences, and for recently purchased perpetual v8 licences.

Macrium said:
I purchased a one-time license
If you purchased on or after July 1st, 2024, you have three options;
  • Continue using Reflect 8 for as long as you want. You will continue to have access to 12 months technical support from the date you bought the licenses.
  • Trade in (your existing license will be deactivated after your new license is activated) your one-time license (which has one year of support from the date of purchase) and receive a 3-year Annual Plan at no extra cost. Macrium may make loyalty offers available at the end of your 3-year term. However, even without a license, Reflect always allows you to restore/recover your data (you won’t be able to make new backups). We’ve also made your backup files open-source - it’s your data and you own it.
  • NEW: Trade in (your existing license will be deactivated after your new license is activated) your one-time license (which has one year support from the date of purchase) and receive 50% off the normal annual plan price for life (must turn on auto-renew and not allow the license to expire/lapse).
Home users have 6 months from the launch of Reflect X to decide which option suits them best. Step-by-step instructions to obtain either option from the grace period will be published this week.

For Reflect Home users who purchased V8 before July 1, 2024:
You are eligible for two options. The first option is 50% off Annual plans for life. Option 2 is our “Better than Black Friday 2024 Offer:” 3 years for the price of 2:

If you choose 50% off annual plans for life, you will have to trade in your current Reflect Home V8 license.

If you choose 3 years for the price of 2, you can keep your Reflect Home V8 license. This amount must be paid up front and at the end of the plan, customers may renew based on offers available at the time (or return to your one-time license.)

For Home V6 & V7: We are offering 3 years for the price of two. This amount must be paid up front and at the end of the plan, customers may renew based on offers available at the time (or return to your one-time license.)This offer ends March 31st 2025.
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Reflect 8 End of Life - What you need to know!

Macrium Reflect 8 has served thousands of users reliably for many years. With the launch of Reflect X in October 2024, we began transitioning customers to our latest backup and recovery solution Reflect X.
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If you have a Macrium Account, then the trade in offers are available there. If you don't, then you can register for a Macrium Account with the email address you used for your original purchase.

Macrium Account

Macrium Account
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Upgrading from v8, v7 or v6

Macrium said:

Viewing your Upgrade Options​

Based on the timing of your existing license purchase and the current status of your Support and Maintenance plan, there are various personalized upgrade options available. There are multiple upgrade paths that can be accessed through the Macrium Reflect application or the Macrium Account.
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Upgrading to Macrium Reflect X From Previous Versions

- Overview - Macrium Reflect 8 One-Time Purchase License - Upgrading Following a Trade-In - Upgrading from Macrium Reflect 8 with an Annual Plan - Upgrading from Macrium Reflect 8 with New Reflect X L
knowledgebase.macrium.com


 

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garlin said:
As an experiment, you can download the WinRE.wim from 26100.8737:

winre - Find files in Windows 11, version 24H2 (26100.8737) amd64
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Thanks! I'm not familiar with testing versions of WinRE. I thought I remembered reading in another thread here that it's not advisable to try swapping in different versions of WinRE on a Windows 11 install but maybe I'm wrong there. Isn't WinRE version-coupled with the Windows OS kernel?

Going the Hyper-V route, at a glance, it sounds like a bunch of fooling around will be needed to convert the .wim into a bootable .iso, applying the WIM directly to a VHDX , or swapping it in for the boot.wim in the Macrium rescue .iso by injecting it using the Windows ADK Deployment Tools.

Maybe it's easier than I'm describing/thinking?

Poking around it looks like there are a few of local .wim files I could potentially backup and then swap in the 26100.8737 version for?

In theory renaming as needed?

c:\boot\mactrium\WA11KFiles\media\sources\boot.wim
c:\boot\macrium\WinREFiles\media\sources\boot.wim
C:\ProgramData\Macrium\Reflect\Windows Kits\11\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\en-us\winpe.wim
 
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At a glance

Windows 11Intel Core Ultra 7 155U32 GBIntegrated Intel Graphics
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo
CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Motherboard
X1 Carbon Gen 12
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Graphics
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Lenovo SSD
PSU
n/a
Case
n/a
Cooling
n/a
Keyboard
n/a
Mouse
n/a
Internet Speed
300 Mbps down, 20 Mbos up
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender, SUPERAntiSpyware
The point is you can ask Macrium to use a different WinRE base image for the USB recovery media. It doesn't impact the WinRE that's embedded in your backup image.

From the Rescue Media Builder's Advanced Options / Options, there should a checkbox for Custom Base WIM. Now you can select a different WinRE image (which hopefully doesn't have the SMB issue). Otherwise you're stuck with the more current WinRE versions.

1. Download the .8737 WinRE.wim from the UUP dump link (rename the saved file).
2. Use the downloaded WIM as your custom image for building a rescue drive.
 

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Ah ok, gotcha, thanks!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11Intel Core Ultra 7 155U32 GBIntegrated Intel Graphics
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo
CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Motherboard
X1 Carbon Gen 12
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Graphics
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Lenovo SSD
PSU
n/a
Case
n/a
Cooling
n/a
Keyboard
n/a
Mouse
n/a
Internet Speed
300 Mbps down, 20 Mbos up
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender, SUPERAntiSpyware
Bingo, no hits, no runs, no errors, smb networking starts and drives map fine in 24H2 WinRE 26100.8737

Huge thanks to garlin!

So, what about the ARM machine, won't I need an ARM version of this .wim for that?

Man I can definitely see why people prefer WinPE. I don't want my recovery environment potentially broken every time Microsoft decides to push a WinRE update. Or minimally I'll be keeping a previously known working .wim for just such occaisions.
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11Intel Core Ultra 7 155U32 GBIntegrated Intel Graphics
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo
CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
Motherboard
X1 Carbon Gen 12
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Graphics
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Lenovo SSD
PSU
n/a
Case
n/a
Cooling
n/a
Keyboard
n/a
Mouse
n/a
Internet Speed
300 Mbps down, 20 Mbos up
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender, SUPERAntiSpyware
ARM64 is a different architecture (you can't use the same binaries for booting).

ARM version of 26100.8737 WinRE:
winre - Find files in Windows 11, version 24H2 (26100.8737) arm64

Why is there a difference between WinPE and WinRE? For the purposes of hosting a boot environment for a backup restore, it really doesn't matter. But in terms of practicality, every normal Windows system should have a working WinRE image.

WinRE gets three main advantages:
  • The install process for Windows bundles most of the networking and storage drivers to your WinRE. Because a Recovery environment would be useless if it didn't have the critical drivers to reach the Windows Update servers, or to mount any disk.

  • WinRE has native support for Wi-Fi. Now you really should be using wired networks whenever possible, but it could be some users are stuck with only local Wi-Fi access.

  • WinRE can get patched by Windows Update, whenever a new security problem appears. For a normal user, WinPE never gets patched because they don't engage in that type of advanced operation But patching can be a two-edged sword; a new change can break old functionality.

For a vendor making a bootable USB, WinRE has a lot of advantages. But your vendor cannot control what happens to updated WinRE or WinPE images. So the better backup products will allow the user to submit a own custom WIM which is known to work.
 

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