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By mounting image files in Windows Explorer you can browse or explore an image and access all the files in a backup. The backed up data appears as a temporary drive in Windows Explorer that you can access, just like any other drive, mounted with its own drive letter. Individual Files and Folders can easily be recovered by using Copy and Paste. If you mount an Incremental or Differential backup, the chosen folder must contain all the files required to load the image. Meaning an Incremental backup requires all the previous files in the backup set to be present, and a Differential backup requires the Full backup to be present. For example, If your backup is split across multiple DVD's then it isn't possible to mount the backup. If you restart Windows, all temporarily mounted images are detached.
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There are several ways to mount/unmount an image:
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Open a command prompt and change the directories as necessary so the path to
reflect.exe
is shown.
See Running an elevated command prompt.
Complete the command line as follows:Code Block language text theme FadeToGrey reflect.exe ["Path to Image file"] [Add one or more switches]
Note: Instead of insertingPath to Image file
you can also replace it withLAST_FILE_CREATED
if you want the last Image created in the current Windows session to be mounted.
Available CLI switches:-b
Browse Image, always needed to mount Image. -auto
Do not show the Backup Selection dialog and automatically mount all partitions in the image file. -drives
A comma separated list of drive letters to use for the mounted image eg; -drives m,n If no drive letters are specified then the next available letters are used.
Info Note: To 'skip' mounting a partition use the Asterisk character instead of a drive letter -pass
Use for password protected Image files, add password in inverted commas. e.g. -pass "password" Note: If you do not use -auto you will be prompted with the Backup Selection dialog to assign the drive letters.
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- In the Macrium Reflect application, select Existing Backups in the top menu.
Expand the Existing Backup Tasks then select Detach a backup image from Windows Explorer.
Select the drive letter you wish to unmount.
Using the CLI:
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