Macrium Reflect mounted volumes not seen

[WMoyer]

I use Macrium Reflect to create image backups of my C: drive. When I click on a backup file, Macrium mounts a copy of the backed up drive as a new volume with a new drive letter, such as F:. I can then transfer files from the F: drive - and thus use the drive as a physical volume. However, when I fire up Everything Search, it does not see the volume.

In options, I checked the "Auto include new removable volumes" - but that did not help. I want to use Everything Search to locate some files on the Macrium drive, but I cannot figure out a way include it in the search. Any ideas?

Thanks for your help,
-Bill

[void]

After you have mounted your backup F: drive:
From a command prompt (Windows Key + R, Enter in: cmd ), run:

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fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo f:

What is displayed in the command prompt?

[WMoyer]

Thanks for your response.
When I type that command in a cmd window, I get:

Volume Name :
Volume Serial Number : 0xaaf9ce40
Max Component Length : 255
File System Name : NTFS
Is ReadOnly
Supports Case-sensitive filenames
Preserves Case of filenames
Supports Unicode in filenames
Preserves & Enforces ACL's
Supports file-based Compression
Supports Disk Quotas
Supports Sparse files
Supports Reparse Points
Supports Object Identifiers
Supports Encrypted File System
Supports Named Streams
Supports Transactions
Supports Hard Links
Supports Extended Attributes
Supports Open By FileID
Supports USN Journal

However, it did not work quite as you directed. I had to do windows key + R, then type cmd to get a command window. Then I did the fsutil .... comand. I only got error messages when I used CODE: SELECT ALL. So I think I have done something wrong. I am using Windows 10 Pro if that makes a difference.

[void]

Is your F: drive listed under Tools -> Options -> NTFS -> Local NTFS volumes list?

If it is, please try checking Include in database.

[WMoyer]

No. Macrium Reflect image drives do not appear in the Local NTFS drives list. Window File Explorer shows them as a drive, but they are not present in Everything Search.

[void]

Macrium reflect drives are listed as \Device\PSMounterEx0 dos devices, which Everything currently doesn't understand.

To add a Macrium reflect drive to your Everything index:

• You will need Everything 1.4:
• Completely exit Everything.
• Open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini.
• Find the following line:
  ntfs_volume_guids="\\\\?\\Volume{xxx}","\\\\?\\Volume{xxx}"
  Add ,"\\\\.\\f:" to the end of the line, so it now looks like:
  ntfs_volume_guids="\\\\?\\Volume{xxx}","\\\\?\\Volume{xxx}","\\\\.\\f:"
• Find the following line:
  ntfs_volume_paths="c:","d:"
  Add ,"f:" to the end of the line, so it now looks like:
  ntfs_volume_paths="c:","d:","f:"
• Save changes and restart Everything.

I'll look into making this easier by listing the Macrium Reflect volume in the Everything Options UI.

[WMoyer]

Thanks for the help - but it did not work.
I followed directions - exiting Search Everything 1.4.0.713b (x64) and editing the Everything.ini to include the Macrium Reflect drive. I saved it, and opened the ini file again just to make sure it had saved properly. It had.

I started Search Everything, searched for f: - nothing found.

Exited Everything, and found that my changes to Everything.ini had been erased.
Look like Everything does not like what it sees so it changes the ini file.

[therube]

Worked on my end, making the changes to everything.ini & having the changes persist.
(Can't actually check anything cause I don't have Macrium.)

But I did add the guid, ,"\\\\.\\f:" (& including the proceeding comma), & the path, ,"Z:" (I used Z, & again the proceeding comma is needed).

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,"\\\\.\\f:"
,"Z:"

Open Everything & Z: shows as an available NTFS Volume.

Quit Everything & the changes as made in everything.ini persisted.

[void]

Exited Everything, and found that my changes to Everything.ini had been erased.
Look like Everything does not like what it sees so it changes the ini file.

Please make sure Everything is not running before editing the Everything.ini:
From the Everything system tray icon click Exit and please try editing your Everything.ini again.

[WMoyer]

Thank you. I got it now!
What I was doing wrong was not "completely" exiting Everything. I forgot that when I tell Everything to Exit, that it was still running in the background. I had to bring up task manager, find the Everything app, and end the process. Then when I edited Everything.ini, it stayed edited! And it worked allowing me to search the Macrium Reflect volume image.
Thanks for your help. I look forward to a little easier way to do this in a future release.
Regards,
-Bill