


Previous backups are supported by the new driver. While you could create backups that exceeded 4 Gigabytes in previous versions, Macrium Reflect would split those backups in multiple parts and that prevented the backups from being mounted. Additionally, it is now possible to mount File and Folder backups in Windows Explorer if the size of the backup exceeds 4 Gigabytes. The new driver supports a maximum file size of 3.9 TB, the previous driver supported a file size of up to 4 GB only. Macrium Reflect 8.0 includes a new driver to mount File and Folder backup files. Macrium Image Guardian, a security feature that protects backups from ransomware attacks, will protect backups stored on ReFS or ExFat systems in the new version on top of that. Instead of copying everything and creating large backups, only used clusters are copied in the backup process this speeds up the process of creating images and also the space the backups occupy on the storage device.

The release of Macrium Reflect 8 changes the behavior. While you could backup partitions with these file systems previously, previous versions of Macrium Reflect would do a sector by sector copy of the disk. Support for ReFS and ExFAT file systems has been boosted in the new version. Plenty of things have been improved under the hood. Users may switch between the two themes from Other Tasks > Change Theme.

If you do a fresh install, you will get the dark theme automatically. after a new installation or upgrade from a previous version: the application supports dark and light theme modes. One of the first changes may become visible right after start, e.g. It will be released as a free version and a commercial version, and features a number of important changes and additions. Macrium Reflect 8 is the next major version of the backup software.
