Windows 10: How Do I Navigate through Macrium Reflect Screen?

Make that 3 (including me) that say they used a wireless mouse. I just used a wireless mouse successfully in the Macrium rescue environment. The environment was built without the mouse installed. It is a USB wireless mouse, not a Bluetooth mouse.

Wireless does not necessarily mean Bluetooth.

If Storageman or JohnBurns actually used a Bluetooth mouse, then maybe you have a hope of making it work despite what Macrium support told you.

 

Yes, I can use my Logitech wireless and pair it to the laptop or DT at the same time, switch on the mouse bottom. But, as you say, that's not BT, it's the built-in wireless.

 

Storageman and JohnBurns..

Weigh in on this. Do you use BT or wireless mouse in macrium PE recovery? If so how do I add a bluetooth wireless driver to PE?

 

When you build the PE environment for the Rescue Media, there's a screen in the sequence to add a driver manually. The Macrium KB (Knowledgebase) has a nice article on this topic: v5 - Adding drivers to WinPE rescue media (drivers, Windows PE). I used my wireless Logitech M325 mouse just a few minutes ago when I booted into the Rescue Media disk I made yesterday for my production desktop. It communicates wirelessly with a Logitech Unifying Receiver to do its thing.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

So that's 3 we know of (including myself) using Logitech radio (2.4 GHz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logite...fying_receiver ) mice through a USB dongle. No problem getting USB interface in rescue environment but you won't get BT.

 

Not true. Blue tooth is a different form of wireless vs a real wireless mouse/keyboard that that communicates on a different band.

Edited to add: I use a Logictec wireless USB mouse. Not a bluetooth mouse.

 

I can use my Logitech M705 mouse within the rescue environment of Macrium Reflect.
Logitech uses a USB dongle which is included with the mouse.

 

Hi storageman,

But is it still possible to add a bluetooth driver to the PE??

For other guys, stop talking about wireless and logitech. Good for you that you got no problems with that. Lets just focus on bluetooth from now on. Appreciate it.

 

@yahanna
I tried on my Surface Pro 3 to add a Bluetooth driver to the PE, and the option to do so was not there. Macrium scans your hardware for supported devices, and alerts you if it cannot find a driver for a supported device and gives you the option to manually find and add it yourself. It's important to note that "supported" means what Macrium supports in their software, not what Windows supports.

So the answer, as far as I can tell from trying, is NO...you cannot add a Bluetooth driver to the PE. Apparently Macrium does not support Bluetooth devices. Best I can find.

 

Ok cool. I'll have to buy a cheap USB corded mouse then. Thanks.

 

You're welcome.

$8 - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insigni...?skuId=5709670

 

I am as well a Corsair K63 Wireless KB and Dark Core Wireless Mouse without any problems in Macrium Reflect.

Mine has an option for Bluetooth but I use The 2.4 Ghz Wireless Connection.

 

Obviously you got reading problems.

 

Hi f14tomcat,

Just to be sure, will any corded USB mouse work in PE?

 

This is what I use https://www.logitech.com/en-us/produ...ll-m570?crid=7

Its connected to a usb 2.0 hub which in turn is connected to a USB 3.0 onboard port. Works in all PE environments. Note it doesn't work in any of the standalone Linux systems (ie Partition Magic bootable system). They require a wired mouse.