

It is created to reserve a portion of the disk space for possible subsequent usage by the Windows Operating System. The MSR partition on my machine is 128MB. Reflect will show this partition as do some disk partitioning tools. Most likely what you're missing in Disk Management is the MSR Reserved partition which is purposely hidden. I'm also wondering about the recovery partitions (partitions 4 and 5). There are only four partitions shown in Disk Management but there are five shown in Reflect. My question now is why is there a difference between the way Macrium Reflect displays the partitions versus Windows Disk Management. I followed the procedure in this video and was able to boot from my new 1TB drive. Then I found a video that explained how to get your system partition to align properly (UPDATE: Using Macrium Reflect Free to Clone Windows to a Bootable M.2 SSD). After installing the cloned drive, my computer would go directly to the BIOS setup utility. The best part is, as they say, 'It's a no-cost solution'.

It can be used for cloning, backing up the disk, or even imaging the disk. I followed instructions for resizing the C drive given in a Macrium tutorial video (Cloning a disk using Macrium Reflect 7) available on Youtube. Macrium Reflect Free When it comes to disk cloning, there is no doubt that Macrium Reflect Free is one of the best software that is available in the market. Using this image, you can restore the entire disk, partition, or individual files and folders in the event of a partial or complete system loss. I had been running two 250GB SSDs in RAID 0 and I was running out of space. With Macrium Reflect Free Edition, you'll be able to easily make an accurate and reliable image of your HDD or individual partitions.
