Windows 10: Problem mounting Macrium backup image

My system is Windows 10 and I am running Macrium Reflect v6.3.1835 for backups.
I have two partitions - one for the OS and one for Data and I have scheduled regular
FULL backups of both partitions, which are written to an external HDD. I am having
trouble trying to mount one of the OS images in order to inspect and possibly restore
a file by copy and paste

On the Macrium main page restore tab all available images are shown and I have selected
one of the OS images to be mounted. Clicking on Browse Image then selecting the image
to be mounted shows 'N/A' under the Drive Letter heading with no apparent means of
changing it. Clicking on Restore Image opens a window showing the correct source image,
and in the destinations section it shows my two partitions plus two others - Recovery
and Dell Utility. Advancing to the Next window (Restore Summary) indicates the restore
partition will have drive letter 'C'. Goimg back to the previous page and clicking
Restore Partition Properties enables the drive lettr to e changed. Clicking on Finish
displays a window stating the 'C' drive is in use and the restore cannot continue and
suggests using Windows PE.

What am I not doing or doing wrongly? On rare occasions in the past I have mounted
images without any problems.

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Reset Win 10 Pro on Dell laptop.

Hello, garybear89. I use Seagate DiscWizard (Acronis) as a supplement to Windows System Image Backup. It is free at the Seagate site & will work, if you've got a Seagate or a Maxtor drive. It also can mount its image, & individual files can be copied off
it. Everytime I make a Windows image, I make a DiscWizard image too - just in case!

 

How to permanently disable Windows 10 updates.

By getting to at least version 1703 so you can meter the ethernet connection.

Otherwise you need a wireless connection or to get the services application to work correctly to disable Windows update which some report successfully doing.

So in your case I would save a system image backup using free Macrium, then run the mounted 1703 ISO which I gave you download link for.

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7363/macrium-re...

 

Download and try the V7 Free. I seem to recall a fix for some mounting problem and may be what you are getting. I used to use the paid versions of V5 and V6 but now using the V7 Free and no issues, so far.

I only do full backups of the complete hard drive (all partitions) rather than two backups as you do. It takes a little longer to do the disc image but if a restore is needed its easier to just do one restore rather than two or more.