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Once created, test it works ok, then shrink the fat32 partition to say 2GB, then add an exFAT or NTFS partition.

If you are going to use two partitions, I would wipe drive completely and start over, creating rescue drive anew. You will need to upgrade Reflect moderately frequently, and it is too easy to make an error, and could end up losing backups.įlash drives are so cheap, I strongly recommend you use them instead. MSI Z390 MEG ACE, Intel 9700K, Windows 11 Pro 21H2, Macrium Reflect free 8.0 build 6584.Īny tips greatly appreciated.It is not really a good plan to have the Reflect Boot Media on same device as the drive you intend to backup files to. Rationale for the NTFS ptn for data is to avoid dozens of 4K files for backing up my 500GB C drive. The PC STARTS booting from the USB drive (I can see its light flashing), then the PC reverts to booting from my C drive. Flipping Secure Boot on/off has had no effect. I have used MR to create bootable media on a 2 TB USB drive (NOT A stick), with 2 partitions D (FAT32 Macrium boot) and P (NTFS - eventually will have MR partition images).