Just keep tapping it as you boot until you hear a beep. My hope is that someone who has used Macrium Reflect Free for some time has found the magic solution for this problem.ĭon’t hold down the F12 key. Researched this extensively at other sources & still nothing works.

Obviously, booting into anything but Windows with the UEFI booting standard on newer computers is difficult as best. Tried the F12 key & the F2 key numerous ways – including while standing on my head, while scratching my etc., etc. made it bootable).Ĭreated the Rescue Media on the USB Flash Drive.ĭetermined from Dell that holding down the F12 key while powering on my system was the way to boot directly into the Rescue Media on the USB Flash Drive.

Prepared the 2 GB USB Flash Drive for Windows PE by running an elevated command prompt (i.e.

Installed Macrium Reflect Free Version 6.1.909 64-bit on my Dell Precision Tower 5810 running Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit.Īssuming that when I need the Macrium Reflect Free Rescue Media, I probably will not be able to boot into Windows and will need to be able to boot directly into the Macrium Reflect Free Rescue Media on a USB Flash Drive.

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