This article describes the steps involved to setup a 'one-click' system restore. Using Macrium Reflect you can automatically and easily return a Windows PC to a previously imaged system recovery point.
- System restore is completed without any user interaction during the restore process.
- Using Rapid Delta Restore (RDR) recovery is fast!
- BitLocker encrypted drives can be restored without requiring re-encryption after restore.
- The restore can be password protected to prevent accidental or unauthorised recovery.
Add the Macrium recovery boot menu
The first step is to add the Macrium boot menu. Take 'Other Tasks' > 'Add Recovery Boot Menu' in Macrium reflect and follow the instructions here: Adding a boot menu option for Reflect recovery.
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Create an image of drive C:
- Start Macrium Reflect, select 'Image this partition only...' for drive C.
- Choose a location that will be accessible when the recovery media boots, this could be a spare partition on an internal drive or an external USB disk or flash drive.
In this example we'll choose drive 'F:\', an internal partition.
Prepare the auto restore XML file
Once the image completes we can prepare the xml file to automatically restore the image. To do this we need to step through the restore wizard but we aren't going to start the restore.
Start Macrium Reflect, click the 'Restore' tab, select the image created above and click the 'Restore Image' link.
Launch the 'Auto Restore' Dialog.
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That's it! Now whenever you take the Macrium System Recovery boot menu option your system will be automatically restored using the image created above.
