Macrium with Red line on Disk C

Maranna · Oct 20, 2024

When I use Macrium and see the different partitions if I need more room on one, I use my cursor to try to spread out the second one, but it doesn’t move.

Winuser · Oct 20, 2024

After you drag the C: partition to the new drive, you have two options. One is Fill Space and the other is Layout. Fill Space uses all of the free space to the right of the C: partition. Layout gives you the option to choose the size you want.

Maranna · Oct 20, 2024

So I look for fill space or layout to begin with?

Spunk · Oct 20, 2024

If you have Unallocated Space to the Right of the C: drive, and you want to increase the size of C: to be the full capacity choose Fill Space.
Scroll down in this web page to see pictures

Restore and Clone Partition Layout - Knowledgebase 8.0 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

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Maranna · Oct 20, 2024

I cannot thank you enough for all the information now I have some studying to do. May I ask if you bought reflex subscription

Winuser · Oct 21, 2024

Maranna said:
I cannot thank you enough for all the information now I have some studying to do. May I ask if you bought reflex subscription

I have 4 life time license for version 8. Still debating if I want to upgrade to version 10.

Maranna · Oct 21, 2024

If it will work, I may just keep version eight with my perpetual license and click update now and then.
I’m not having much luck with any other alternative at my low skill level.

Maranna · Oct 21, 2024

It is with a system image. I hover my pointer at the dividing lines and try to move the edge of the partitions.
Please bear in mind I am low level.

Winuser · Oct 21, 2024

Maranna said:
It is with a system image. I hover my pointer at the dividing lines and try to move the edge of the partitions.
Please bear in mind I am low level.

Did you try the options I have circled in the pic?

Winuser · Oct 21, 2024

I forgot to mention that Fill Space will use all of the free space and Layout will let you select how much of the free space you want to use.

Maranna · Oct 22, 2024

In creaing an image I clicked both 'image the drive' and also 'image the drives' on the left and I do not see the same picture you have with the black circirles. Are you tring to image a disk when you have the picture with the black circles or sometthing else?

Winuser · Oct 22, 2024

Maranna said:
In creaing an image I clicked both 'image the drive' and also 'image the drives' on the left and I do not see the same picture you have with the black circirles. Are you tring to image a disk when you have the picture with the black circles or sometthing else?

I'm showing you how to restore an image to a new drive with drag and drop. My target drive I used in my example is larger than my sources drive. The options in the circle show how you can expand your C: partiton to take advantage ot the extra drive space. If you do expand your C: partition leave enough space on the end so you can increase the size of your Recovery Partition.

Maranna · Oct 22, 2024

What process are you in? When you’re doing this? Are you in creating an image or restoring an image

Winuser · Oct 22, 2024

Maranna said:
What process are you in? When you’re doing this? Are you in creating an image or restoring an image

If you read the above post you will see that I was showing you an example picture of doing a restore to a larger drive. In my example that's as far as I went. I only used that external drive because there was enough free space so I could show you what to do.

Winuser · Oct 22, 2024

Winuser said:
If you read the above post you will see that I was showing you an example picture of doing a restore to a larger drive. In my example that's as far as I went. I only used that external drive because there was enough free space so I could show you what to do.

Maybe I should add that you have to make the System Image to an external drive first. You should also use a thumb drive to make a Macrium Rescue disk. That way if anything happens you can boot into Macrium. Have you made the backup System Image?

Maranna · Oct 22, 2024

You have done more than your share to try to explain to me what you were doing to expand shrink a drive.
To make a long story shot I have no trouble with Macrium with the basics. I have a rescue disc with which I boot off of into the Macrium environment and it’s coming in handy many times and never fail me. So I can back up and recover with no trouble and that’s about all I need that red stripe was just an added comment. I’m still studying what you told me and I thank you for that information. You must be exhausted. Trying to get the point over, thank you.

Maranna · Oct 22, 2024

I bought a perpetual license with support ending in one year but it seems Macrium wants to go with a subscription which I don’t want so I’ve been looking at iDrive free.

Winuser · Oct 23, 2024

Maranna said:
I bought a perpetual license with support ending in one year but it seems Macrium wants to go with a subscription which I don’t want so I’ve been looking at iDrive free.

You don't need to make a decision any time soon. Macrium will still continue work for the foreseeable future.

Winuser · Oct 23, 2024

@Maranna, when I get the time I'll give you a more detailed guide to move everything from your old drive to the new drive.

Maranna · Oct 23, 2024

I am going to research idrive today as it reads well. I also will be looking your notes over. Maybe the light will go on.
Don't worry about the issue as you have done your job and then some.
I was on the wrong track. Sometimes I get a red stripe across the last of 4 partitions.
I thought you were showing me to remove the stripe by borrowing space from C:\ and adding to the reserve partition, we don't really need. With more space in the 4th partition the strie would go away.

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