20 February 2012
Bug fixes:
• Rescue Wizard Driver Copy
- A rare case where a security catalog was not being copied for a driver in the rescue media. This has been resolved.
• Custom File names
- When using custom files names, the file name could have a '1' unnecessarily appended to the end to ensure uniqueness. This was caused by DSM purge and file name generation sequence. This has been resolved.
• Rescue CD WAIK Files
- Issue when creating the standard WinPE rescue CD. Was copying the WAIKFiles folder if present. This has been resolved.
• Dynamic Disk Restores
- The restore process was updating the BCD if the target disk was dynamic. This has been resolved.
• TextEdit in WinPE
- TextEdit in WinPE was not correctly handling UTF8 and UTF16 based text files. This has been resolved.
• PEExplorer in WinPE
- The 'Del' key in the directory path edit control of Windows PE Explorer would not delete characters in the directory path. This has been resolved.
• x64 WAIK Rescue Media Creation
- The driver copy function for the 64 bit WAIK based Windows PE rescue CD could fail if the standard Windows PE component was installed. This has been resolved.
• Dynamic Disks Fix Boot Problems
- The Windows PE function "Fix Boot Problems" may fail to work for system that boot into a dynamic disk. This has been resolved.
• WinPE Dynamic Disk/Volume Imaging
- If a dynamic disk/volume was imaged while running Windows PE the image may fail with error 'Access Denied'. This has been resolved.

29 March 2012
• Windows 8 Consumer Preview
- Macrium Reflect is now fully compatible with Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Bug fixes:
• IMPORTANT: ReDeploy Device Database Improvements
- Users of the Pro and Server Editions of software who make use of ReDeploy are advised to create new rescue media. This is due to enhancements and additions to the ReDeploy device database
• Splash Screen
- The Splash screen was momentarily shown during scheduled task startup. This has been resolved.
• ReDeploy and RAID Systems
- A ReDeploy issue was reported where certain RAID Controllers would not be correctly catered for. This has been resolved.
• Delete XML Definition Files
- If the XML View tab was selected and an XML file was deleted from the list then a 'Page cannot be found' error was displayed. This has been resolved
• Email Logs
- When emailing logs using the right click menu option on the Logs tab, users were unable to enter paragraphs into the email body text. This has been resolved

11 April 2012
Bug fixes:
• Installer
- When updating Reflect, if the installer is used instead of the normal patch procedure, email settings will be lost. This has been resolved.
• Email attachments
- Byte order marker being rendered in emailed log attachments in some email clients. This has been resolved.
• Image to DVD
- In some Vista/Win7 installs omaging to DVD could cause an 'Invalid (not writeable)' error. This has been resolved.
• VSS
- VSS snapshot creation could fail if a VSS writer component is configured to use a volume that no-longer exists on the system. This has been resolved.
• Unattended System restore
- Restore with auto reboot into the rescue environment could fail if the local drives were re-sequenced by Windows PE. This has been resolved.
• Rescue environment
- Hitting escape after clicking the taskbar may result in it being hidden. This has been resolved.
• Rescue environment
- The list of existing images was not always populated when booted into WinPE recovery. This has been resolved.
• File and folder backup incremental and differential speed isssue
- An issue where the NTFS permissions setting in full backups was not being honoured in incremental backups. This has been resolved.

27 April 2012

• File & Folder Log clipboard copy
- Users can now copy a CSV list of files either backed up or restored in the Macrium Reflect log view.
• Log Image File Sizes
- Backup file sizes are now included in the backup logs.
• Backup Drive Selection
- The drives/partitions selected in the main application window are now remembered between runs of Macrium Reflect.

Bug fixes:

• Startup Issue
- Macrium Reflect could hang at startup if the file system contained an NTFS MFT record with a attribute list > 64K in size. This has been resolved.
• File & Folder Search
- When cancelling a File and Folder search operation for restore, Macrium Reflect could generate a dump report. This has been resolved.
• Licensing
- When contacting the license server, Macrium Reflect could crash on button clicks. This has been resolved.
• Email Attachment Images
- Success/fail graphics were omitted from email log attachments. This has been resolved.
• Toolbar/Status bar State
- The state of the toolbars and status bar were not being saved between runs of Macrium Reflect. This has been resolved.
• Installer issue
- In rare cases, during an upgrade from existing v4 install, the Image Mounting service would prevent the install from completing. This has been resolved.
• Fix Boot Problems Issue
- An edge case where the Fix Boot Problems option under WinPE could reboot the machine when manually specifying an operating system path. This has been resolved.

25 May 2012

• PrimoBurner update
- Macrium Reflect now uses CD/DVD burning engine PrimoBurner 3.6. This has support for a greater range of hardware and resolves the rare issue of occasional hangs seen with the previous version.

Bug fixes:

• Scheduled task display error
- Incremental and Differential backup jobs could incorrectly be shown as Full in the 'Scheduled Backups' tab. This has been resolved.
• WAIK Time-zone
- Creation of WAIK based rescue media may not take the time-zone into account and image files could appear with the wrong time. This has been resolved.
• Uninstall Shell Registry Extensions
- When uninstalling, approved shell extensions would be removed. This has been resolved.
Note: This fix applies to the removal of full installs of this version and later.
• Installation Issue
- The Macrium Reflect installer would encounter issues on machines with no network adaptors. This has been resolved.
• Linux Rescue CD Volume Names
- Linux Rescue CD could show the same volume label for all volumes. This has been resolved.
• Menu Consistency
- Some menu items have been re-ordered for consistentency.
• WinPE WAIK Taskbar
- The Taskbar under WAIK WinPE rescue media could occasionally not be visible. This has been resolved.
• ReDeploy Active Service
- Macrium ReDeploy was not catering for some vendor active service settings. This has been resolved.
• VSS Debug Logging
- Enhanced VSS debug logging was not present even if selected in the Advanced Properties. This has been resolved.
• File & Folder Search Cancel
- Cancelling or stopping a File & Folder Search for restore could cause Reflect to hang in certain circumstances. This has been resolved.
• Rescue Media Creation
- The creation of rescue media was not catering for edge cases of linking USB root hubs to USB3 host controllers. This has been resolved.
• PE Explorer
- PE Explorer, location toolbar lost on escape keypress in location editbox. This has been resolved
• Restore UI
- Image and backup files could remain in the list of files even if the folder was removed from the search list. This has been resolved
• Rescue media Wizard
- The horizontal scrollbar was missing from the Rescue Wizard drivers page device list. This has been resolved

12 June 2012

Bug fixes:

• Addtional Windows Event log messages
- Server Edition only: A failure message was not posted to the Windows Event log for some causes of image failure. This has been resolved.

• Windows PE CD/DVD boot error
- The Windows PE rescue CD/DVD could fail to boot on some systems. This has been resolved.

5.0.4908 (7 August 2012):

Bug fixes:

• Restore and Clone geometry issue
- For some customers a restore or clone could result in a corrupt Master Boot Record. This has been resolved.

IMPORTANT: Please create fresh Windows PE rescue media

5.0.4870:

What's new?

• Windows PE Rescue media wizard - Driver injection
- Improved USB3.0 driver compatibility. Macrium Reflect now supports the latest USB 3.0 hardware
• ReDeploy
- Improved performance with some target hardware configurations

Bug fixes:

• MBR disk restore/clone to large disks > 2TB
- Reflect could crash when restoring an MBR disk (not GPT) if the target disk is > 2TB. This has been resolved.

5.0.4995 (22 August 2012):

What's new:

• Windows PE Rescue media wizard - Driver injection
- Added support for additional USB3.0 hardware

IMPORTANT: Please create fresh Windows PE rescue media if you have issues with USB3 hardware

Bug fixes:

• Backup To Mount Points
- When backing up to a mount point, the maximum image file size was being incorrectly determined. This has been resolved.

• File & Folder Restore
- In rare scenarios when restoring large files over 4GB from a File & Folder backup, some files in the backup would not be selected for restore. This has been resolved.

• Incorrect Imaging Error Message
- When including a volume for imaging which does not have a drive letter and the image target is a mount point on that volume an incorrect error message was being generated. This has been resolved.

• Edit Scheduled Batch Job
- When editing a scheduled batch job in Macrium Reflect, the backup type parameter was being superfluously appended to the command line. This has been resolved.

5.0.5154 (25 September 2012):

What's new:

• Release notes menu option
- A new menu option has been added to view the release notes. Take the 'Help' > 'Release notes' menu option.

Bug fixes:

• Log file purge
- The automatic log file purge option could leave some files behind. This has been resolved.

• File and folder log
- File and folder filter options could be displayed incorrectly in the log. This has been resolved.

5.0.5089 (12 September 2012):

What's new:

• Technicians portable appplication mode
- Portable USB version of Macrium Reflect for technicians license customers. Please see the following Blog post for more information,

• Destination Backup File Names
- Added support for forcing destination file name when matching image sets.

• Mounted Backup File Icons
- Macrium Reflect now uses different icons for Image and File & Folder mounted backups, making it easier to distiniguish between the two.

Bug fixes:

• Delete File Dialog
- The Delete File Dialog would double the content of the file list each time the dialog was made visible. This has been resolved.

• Dynamic Volumes On GPT
- A rare case existed where Dynamic Volumes, exceeding 6TB, on GPT initialised disks were not being shown in the Backup View. This has been resolved.

• Network Locations
- When entering network share destinations in the 'Alternative locations' dialog it wasn't possible to proceed if the share was not currently available. This has been resolved.

5.1.5299 (25 September 2012):

What's new:
• GPT support added to the Free and Standard Editions
v5.1 of Macrium Reflect adds GPT disk support to the Free and Standard Editions. These editions now support the growing number of new systems that use the latest disk technology.
• Update for Windows 8/Server 2012
Windows 8/Server 2012 Storage Pools can now be imaged and restored using the Reflect GUI.
• New Rescue Wizard functionality for WAIK
The download, installation and preparation of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) has now been integrated into the rescue media wizard.
• Improved memory usage when imaging
The RAM usage during incremental and differential images and backups has been improved.
• Linux rescue CD update
Minor improvements and bug fixes. Please create a fresh rescue CD if you are using the Linux CD to restore images

Bug fixes:
• Synology 212J Backup Issue
Some customers have reported backup failures when creating file and folder backups of files on Synology 212J NAS devices. This has been resolved.
• Incorrect drive letter shown in the imaging logs for some dynamic volumes
The imaging log could show an incorrect drive letters for dynamic volumes. This does not affect the integrity of the image. This has been resolved.
• Error message when attempting to mount a file and folder backup > 2TB
File and folder backups with a virtual file system size > 2TB cannot be mounted in Windows Explorer and must be restored using the restore option in Reflect. A new error message prevents mounting the backup.