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Macrium Reflect 6.1 was first released on the 12th of October 2015. This article includes the new features that were included in Macrium Reflect 6.1. Extended support for Macrium Reflect 6 ended on the 26th of February 2018. To continue receiving support and product updates, it is recommended that customers migrate to Macrium Reflect X. This article contains more information about the new features that are included in Macrium Reflect X.
This article contains information about the features as they were released in Macrium Reflect 6; due to ongoing improvements to features, the information in this article may now be out of date.
Windows PE 10
Macrium Reflect v6.1 now includes Windows PE 10 support when building rescue media. Windows PE 10 is now the default Windows PE option for new Macrium Reflect installs on Windows 8, 8.1, 10, Server 2012 or Server 2012R2. Windows PE 10 is a requirement if your system uses Windows 8.1 WIMBoot technology or if your system is a Windows 10 'Compact Install'. Both of these installation types are rare but may be used on Windows Tablet PCs with limited disk space.
Delta Incremental Indexes
Delta Incremental indexes provide a more efficient way of saving incremental backup files by optimizing the size of the index saved with each incremental.
Without 'Delta Indexes', each incremental backup contains a full index at the end of the file that describes where all the data for the entire backup is at the time of the incremental. This includes a reference to the physical backup file and the offset in the file to retrieve the data. The full index can be as large as 100MB for each partition in the backup. This overhead is present regardless of the amount of data backed up by the incremental. Delta indexes only contain a list of changed blocks in the incremental itself.
Please ensure that you are using Rescue Media created with Macrium Reflect v6.1 if Delta Indexing is enabled.
Click the 'Rebuild' button on the final Rescue Media Wizard page. See: Creating rescue media for more information.
German Language Support
Macrium Reflect Home, Workstation, Server, and Server Plus now include German language support. Macrium Reflect Free edition German language support will be coming soon.
Destination drive letter discovery using Volume GUID path
When saving a backup definition XML file, you can now optionally save the Volume GUID path instead of the drive letter for the backup destination drive. This enables Macrium Reflect to handle drive letter changes caused by inconsistent Windows drive letter assignments. Typically, this can happen if you are using multiple external USB drives.