Open Rufus, select your USB drive, and select the Macrium ISO file you just created.
Select "Create Bootable Rescue Media" from the Tools menu. This will launch the "Create Bootable Rescue Media" wizard.
An ISO file is a complete, read-only image of a bootable disc. When you use Macrium Reflect to create one (burned to a USB stick or DVD), you are building a based on Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment).
Select from the dropdown menu (or click the disc icon on the toolbar). Step 2: Choose Your Boot Environment macrium reflect iso bootable
In the "Select Device" step, instead of selecting a USB drive, select .
: Use the ISO → Rufus method. Many users report that creating an ISO first and then burning it to USB with Rufus is more reliable than Macrium's direct USB writing.
Do not wait for disaster to strike. Open Macrium Reflect right now, navigate to , and build that USB drive. Then, put it in a drawer and forget about it—until the day your computer refuses to boot. On that day, you will thank yourself for having a Macrium Reflect bootable rescue key. Open Rufus, select your USB drive, and select
: You need to add drivers. Boot into the rescue environment, go to Restore > View Unsupported Devices , and add missing storage or RAID drivers. Alternatively, in Windows, use the Rescue Media Wizard to integrate drivers before building.
While Macrium Reflect can create a bootable USB directly, generating an
If your internal drives do not show up inside the Macrium environment, your storage controller requires specific drivers. Rebuild the ISO using the Advanced menu in the Rescue Media Builder and manually point it to the unzipped driver files ( .inf ) for your motherboard. An ISO file is a complete, read-only image
When compiled into an ISO file, this environment serves several purposes:
Once your physical bootable media is ready, you must configure your target PC to load it instead of its local hard drive. Turn off the computer you need to manage or recover. Insert your bootable Macrium USB drive.
Click . This erases all data on the USB drive and copies the boot files over. Step 3: Boot Your PC Into the Macrium Environment
Select your USB drive from the list. If your system uses UEFI, choose the option prefixed with . Press any key if prompted to "Boot from CD or USB."
Step 2 — Make bootable media from the ISO
