2. Backup images available to be restored are shown in the main pane. Select the image you wish to restore and select the 'Restore Image' link as shown in green above.

You can now modify the size of the target partition by clicking the link 'Restored Partition Properties'. This gives the following dialog.

In the case of system images i.e. the 'C drive' containing the operating system files, it is not possible to restore files in real time because they are in use by the current session of the operating system. In order to get around this problem, Macrium uses Windows PE, a cut down version of Windows which is booted. Macrium then restores the filesystem before rebooting again and loading the main version of Windows. Although this sounds complex, it really is very simple to perform.

This tutorial assumes you have a backup image of a system drive and this section of the tutorial should be used for restoring to your original hard drive.

Note: If you are restoring your system Image or whole hard drive Image (which includes system partitions) to a new Hard drive then don’t follow this tutorial. When restoring system Image to a new hard drive: remove old hard drive and install new hard drive then boot computer with Windows PE rescue media (CD or USB) (or use Linux rescue CD) and use the rescue media to restore. See separate Video/tutorial for details.

8. Windows PE will now boot and automatically run Macrium which will detect which image is to be restored and start restoration automatically as shown above. When the restoration is complete, Macrium will automatically reboot the PC again and the normal copy of Windows will boot as normal.