From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Paul  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 12/20/2025 9:45 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > > Paul  wrote:   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   > >> As far as I know, there is some option to put the WinPE Macrium   
   > >> boots from, right on the C: drive. This is no good for "bare metal   
   restore"   
   > >> particularly, but, if you want to do "partition at rest" backups   
   > >> or clones, it might be a useful option. Then you would not   
   > >> need any USB stick to boot it and make a clone. You'd still   
   > >> need the SSD drive you are cloning to, of course.   
   > >>   
   > >> I haven't tried this, so don't have the first hand experience to comment.   
   > >   
   > >   Yes, when making the 'Rescue Media', there is an option:   
   > >   
   > > "Select Device   
   > >   Windows Boot menu   
   > >         Add/change the boot menu for the selected Windows PE version"   
   > >   
   > >   My notes say that this option is selected by default, so you have to   
   > > unselect it if you do not want this functionality. You also can remove   
   > > it later by doing a 'Create Rescue Media...' again and then use the   
   > > "Remove boot menu" option.   
   > >   
   > >   I have the Windows Boot menu enabled on both our systems. I do not   
   > > actually use it, but have it as a backup, just in case the USB memory   
   > > stick with the Rescue Media fails.   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   >   
   > The materials it uses should be in some place like C:\boot or so.   
   > Have a look and give us a review of what you find. There should   
   > be a WIM on the thing, if you need to locate it that way.   
   >   
   > On my Daily Driver W11, I see a C:\boot\Macrium and there is structure   
   > under that, but it does not appear on mine to be ready for booting.   
   > It's just a folder tree at the moment. Maybe yours has additional folders   
   > and a .wim file.   
      
     Under C:\boot\macrium (lower case 'm') there's a rather large and   
   complex structure, 256 Files, 107 Folders, 731MB and there's indeed a   
   WIM in C:\boot\macrium\WinREFiles\media\sources\boot.wim of 650MB.   
      
     WinREFiles is one of the two folfers under C:\boot\macrium. The other   
   is WinREDrivers and the there's a boot.sdi file and a SearchPaths.txt   
   file which is related to searching for drivers. The WinREDrivers   
   structure is rather obvious. Most stuff is under WinREFiles, 245 Files,   
   97 Folders, 719MB.   
      
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