ViBoot is installed by default during the standard Macrium Reflect installation and can be started using the installed shortcut:

Launching viBoot as a standalone application This will start the the viBoot Virtual Machine User Interface. Or, click the 'Launch Macrium viBoot' task link on the Restore tab.

Take the 'Restore' > 'Launch Macrium viBoot' menu option Starting the viBoot create Virtual Machine Wizard from Macrium Reflect. The VM will now start and boot directly into Windows. Make any changes to the VM properties and click 'Finish'.If viBoot can launch, the viBoot Hyper-V settings dialog will start.

Note: If viBoot cannot run on your Windows installation then you will receive an error message indicating the reason(s): These VHDX files are stored in the designated Macrium viBoot repository and remain open until the Macrium viBoot virtual machine is deleted from within viBoot. The second VHDX file is a standard differencing disk that will receive any modifications made to during the lifetime of the virtual machine.Īs with any differencing VHDX, this file can grow dramatically in size, depending on the usage of the virtual machine. Because the data is not stored with the VHDX, it size will never exceed a few megabytes. The data for the disk is retrieved from the Macrium Image File by the Macrium Virtual Disk Provider filter driver as required. The first VHDX file is incomplete and only contains enough information to describe the disk layout and a signature to mark it as a Macrium viBoot VHDX. When creating a new virtual machine Macrium viBoot will create two Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (.VHDX) files for each of the disks described within the selected Macrium Image file.

Macrium viBoot is now built upon new technology that allows it to instantly present a Macrium Reflect image file as a Microsoft Virtual Disk (.VHDX) file. At an enterprise level, you could recover an entire network environment in minutes. Macrium viBoot enables you, to instantly create, start and manage Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines using one or more Macrium Reflect image files as the basis of the virtual machine storage sub-system.Īt a minimum, viBoot enables you to boot into the images you have made using Macrium Reflect, for validation purposes, or to retrieve data from old applications stored on a bootable image.

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