

Step 6: Finally, click finish to start transferring the recovery media files to the USB drive. Get it, make sure Check for unsupported devices every time the recovery media is loaded is Ask to press the key to continue (this option will not appear if you select USB) of the rescue media options are selected. Step 5: Select your CD / DVD drive or select a USB device you want to use to create bootable recovery media.ĬAUTION: If you have selected the USB drive, back up all data before proceeding to the next step, as the device will be erased while preparing the rescue media. Step 4: When you see the following dialog, just click To follow button. However, if you are preparing recovery media for use on another machine, you can select the Windows architecture installed on another machine.ĭepending on the speed of your connection, the download process can take anywhere from a few minutes to hours. Also, 64-bit recovery media is not compatible with 32-bit Windows. NOTE: You need to carefully select the architecture as 32-bit recovery media cannot be used on a 64-bit Windows computer. Step 3: Here, select Windows PE architecture (32-bit recovery media is not compatible with 64-bit Windows and vice versa), click The next and then click the button I unload when requesting permission to download PE components (~ 375 MB) from Microsoft server. In other words, you will see the image provided in step 4 when you click the next button.Īnd if you selected the Reflect Installer Only option when downloading Reflect, it is required follow the instructions given in step 3. If you have already downloaded Windows PE components while downloading Macrium Reflect, you can skip step 3 and follow the instructions in point 4. Here we advise you select Windows PE 4.0 not because you use the Windows operating system, but because Windows PE provides all the recovery and cloning capabilities of Macrium Reflect and is also compatible with a wide range of PC hardware.Ĭlick The next to continue with the next step.

Step 2: Click on Create bootable rescue media icon (the first one) on the toolbar or click Other activities menu and then click Create rescue media option to open the Rescue Media wizard. You can use a CD / DVD or USB drive to prepare the recovery media. Complete the steps below for prepare the Macrium Reflect rescue medium.
