Kick Posted June 26, 2015 Author Posted June 26, 2015 Hi Nev, My anti-virus program is Avast Free Antivirus 2015 and my Firewall is Comodo 8.2.0.4591. Comodo usually gives an audible warning when it stops something so I guess it was Avast that is likely to have interfered as I heard no warnings. I'll probably have another go at installing version 6 later today or sometime over the weekend and report back. Cheers for now, Kick. Quote
Kick Posted June 26, 2015 Author Posted June 26, 2015 Update: No good news to report I'm afraid. I cleared previous remnants of Macrium Reflect and did a fresh install of version six after clearing browser cache and disabling Avast. As with the last test, as soon as the program's preinstallation WinPE downloading had completed the same error message appeared. The logfile is identical to the one attached to my last post. It seems there is something about my system that is not liked by WinPE. I am back with Macrium Reflect version 5.3.7299.0 which has proved reliable on both my Windows 7 and Windows XP/Puppy Linux 5.7.1 dual boot systems (as a test some time ago I restored the Puppy ext3 partition with no problems). I'll probably hold fire now and wait to see if Macrium reintroduce the Linux rescue disc option version 6 - there seems to be some demand for that so I'll see if they secumb to the pressure. Despite no luck yet over version 6, this has been a useful learning experience for an old fogey like me. It's good to know there is plenty of help out there from the likes of the contributors to this forum. Cheers and regards, Kick. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 Hum, that's a shame I was putting bets on it being the Avast blocking that file during the download, I doubt it will be the Comodo firewall as I am also running it and had no problems. As you say, something on your computer isn't happy with it, however finding what it is could be difficult. The only other suggestion worth a try is to go into safe mode with networking and see if it will download fully then. Nev. Quote
Kick Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 Hi Nev, Yes, that's an option I could try but I'll leave it for a while as I want to set up a datafile partition on the system and then redirect my data files from C: to the new partition. When that's all done and things are running smoothly I may have another go installing Macrium Reflect v6. I will report back after that. Regards, Kick. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 OK for now then Kick, best of luck and let us know how you get on when you try again. Nev. Quote
Kick Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 Hi Nev, Good news - I now have Macrium Reflect 6 Free installed and have successfully created a WinPE rescue disc. I followed your advice regarding using Safe Mode and ultimately it resolved the issue but not entirely as I had expected although I wasn't that sure what to expect. Firstly I had to make a few attempts before I could get into Safe Mode (this was down to how I used the F8 key at bootup but I eventually got timing right). - Once in Safe Mode, I tried to uninstall Macrium Reflect 5 but got a Windows Installer error - I then decided to install version 6 anyway. - The process ran as it should and began download and zip the PE element and then created the installer stub. However it did not go any further despite being set to install the program - I guess this related to the previously seen Windows Installer error. - Having ensured nothing was running, I rebooted the system for a normal startup. - Once in normal mode, I checked my download folder which included a new Macrium folder that contained the version 6 installer stub and a zipped folder of the PE files - this was real progress. - I then uninstalled version 5 without problem. - I ran the version 6 installer stub and installed the program successfully. I then set the program's options as I wanted and then created the rescue CD. - Booting the system from the rescue system worked, as warned is was quite slow (much like using a UBCD4Win live CD on a Windows XP system) - mission accomplished. So many thanks for resolving my issue with Macrium Reflect - we can now count this thread as resolved. Best regards, Kick. 1 Quote
Plastic Nev Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Good news Kick and thanks for letting us know it worked out OK. Nev. Quote
Kick Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Still no problems but today I needed to create backup image files after some late Spring cleaning of my system. When I started Reflect I found there was an update available which I downloaded and installed. Once I completed the backup image files, I thought creating an additional WinPE Rescue disk might be wise. Followers of this thread will know that after several unsuccessful attempts to create a WinPE rescue disk, following Nev's advice to try Safe Mode to install version 6 and the WinPE component, I succeeded. When I started the process of creating the new rescue disk, I was immediately confronted with a message stating there was a new update for WinPE. I was a bit concerned about accepting the update as I was in normal mode rather than safe mode but decided to go ahead. I am happy to report there were absolutely no problems and the new disk boots correctly. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Great stuff Kick, considering you are working with images, rather than creating clones, I would now recommend you do not accept any further updates of the program. That way you don't then need to keep making new rescue disks each time you allow an update. Nev. Quote
Kick Posted July 3, 2015 Author Posted July 3, 2015 Great stuff Kick, considering you are working with images, rather than creating clones, I would now recommend you do not accept any further updates of the program. That way you don't then need to keep making new rescue disks each time you allow an update. Nev. Hi Nev, The WinPE component update apparently cured the odd bug although, as far as I understand, the bugs affected only parts of the paid for editions. I will heed your advice over future updates. Thanks and best regards, Kick. Quote
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