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I tried to reset my Windows 10 to an older Version and this failed. Luckily I had created an image before with Macrium Reflect and this image is in 2 files on other partitions. I booted the Laptop from Partition 3 and tried to restore the Image with Macrium to partition 1 - but MR keeps telling me that I would need Windows PE and it was unable to make a Windows PE boot entry!!! All I want ist my bytes and sectors back to Partition 1 - I do not want a new PE Partition and I care for the bootability of my system for myself with EasyBCD. I simply want those sectors back. Maybe I should have used an Easus Product rather than a Macrium Product - but this is too late now. Please tell me if there is a way to restore the reflect image without booting in Windows PE. thanks

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  • You could reinstall windows then copy files off the image. I had a similar issue when trying to restore individual partitions when the system was Windows(I think I used clonezilla or dd, or maybe macrium). The problem was maybe that Windows has the 100MB partition .. for me windows wasn't finding the thing. It wasn't a fault with Macrium.. But it was suggested to me that I should've used DISM(native windows program) to do it. Or, no doubt, if you use Macrium to make an image of the entire hard drive. Then that writes for windows fine.
    – barlop
    Oct 8, 2020 at 10:41
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    Easeus and Macrium are great. But for copying individual partitions somewhere and having it bootable, maybe you should use windows native tools
    – barlop
    Oct 8, 2020 at 10:42
  • As @barlop mentioned, Windows has natively supported partition imaging since Windows XP, of which does not result in configuration issues like you're currently experiencing since WIMs [Windows IMages] are restorable from WinPE/WinRE. WinPE is Windows Preinstallation Environment (such as Windows install media) and can be created using the Windows ADK, however you already have a WinPE partition: WinRE [Windows Recovery Environment] (WinRE is WinPE with two to three recovery specific WinPE Optional Components).
    – JW0914
    Oct 8, 2020 at 10:52

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thanks all! I found out the problem was the I wanted to restore to the system partition that contains the boot loader. In this case macrium forces you to use a Windows PE boot. thanks!

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