HealthStatus: Warning / OperationalStatus: Predictive Failure via SMART.
This drive is likely to fail imminently. Clone or replace before any other action.
C: is currently 374.8 GB used of 476.2 GB — everything on it is at risk.
| Disk # | Model | Interface | Capacity | Drive Letter | Role | SMART Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk 3 | SK hynix BC711 HFM512GD3JX013N | NVMe PCIe | 512 GB | C: | Windows System Drive | Predictive Failure |
| Disk 1 | SOLIDIGM SSDPFKNU512GZH | NVMe PCIe | 512 GB | None (NixOS) | Linux / NixOS boot | Healthy |
| Disk 2 | WD Black WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 | NVMe PCIe | 1 TB | E: | Performance Steam library | Healthy |
| Disk 4 | Kingston SNV2S1000G | NVMe PCIe | 1 TB | None (unassigned) | Unused — no partition/letter | Healthy |
| Disk 0 | Samsung 870 QVO 8TB | SATA III | 8 TB | D: | Primary storage / Library / Backup | Healthy |
| Disk 5 | Samsung 870 QVO 8TB | SATA III | 8 TB | F: | Secondary / bulk Steam / overflow | Healthy |
Note: Disk 1 (NixOS / SOLIDIGM) must be taken offline in Windows before WSL2 can attach it:
Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsOffline $true before mounting, $false to restore.
| Drive | Usage | Used | Free | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C: FAILING | 374.8 GB | 101.4 GB | 476 GB | |
| D: | 3.14 TB | 4.31 TB | 7.45 TB | |
| E: Near Full | 820.3 GB | 111.2 GB | 931 GB | |
| F: | 1.16 TB | 6.29 TB | 7.45 TB |
| Drive | Model | Interface | Read Speed | Write Speed | Read IOPS | Write IOPS | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C: | SK hynix BC711 | NVMe | Not tested | Not tested | — | — | Failing — avoid stress |
| D: | Samsung 870 QVO 8TB | SATA III | 362 MiB/s | 362 MiB/s | 88,500 | 88,500 | Good for SATA SSD; suitable for bulk storage & backups |
| E: | WD Black NVMe | NVMe PCIe | 368 MiB/s | 367 MiB/s | 94,000 | 94,000 | Best active drive; use for OS clone target & perf Steam games |
| F: | Samsung 870 QVO 8TB | SATA III | ~362 MiB/s | ~362 MiB/s | ~88,500 | ~88,500 | Same model as D: — identical expected performance |
| Disk 4 | Kingston SNV2S 1TB | NVMe PCIe | Not tested | Not tested | — | — | No partition assigned |
fio workload: 4K random read/write, queue depth 32, runtime 30s. Sequential throughput (not shown) will be higher for SATA drives (~550 MB/s) and significantly higher for NVMe drives (~3–7 GB/s depending on PCIe generation).
| Folder | Size | Machine / Source | Age Estimate | Notable Contents | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r-dragonite July '21 | 81 GB | R-DRAGONITE | ~4.5 years | 34 GB Torrent downloads, 1.6 GB Books, misc installers | Delete if machine retired |
| SmartSwitchBackup2 | 47 GB | Samsung Galaxy S21 (SM-G991U) | ~2024 | Full phone backup — single folder 1731711436344 |
Keep if phone still active; verify against newer backup |
| Dell-Shenron | 33 GB | Dell-Shenron (old Dell) | Old | Joe's user data from a previous Dell machine | Review — verify nothing unique |
| Seraph-Falcor | 28 GB | Seraph-Falcor | Old | 22 GB Rocksmith DLC (re-downloadable), 5.6 GB Joe user data | Delete Rocksmith; review Joe data |
| Seraph-Mushu | 22 GB | Seraph-Mushu + Dell-Mushu | Old | Combined ~26 GB across both Mushu folders | Review |
| Joe-Laptop | 20 GB | Joe's old laptop | Old | User data from previous laptop | Review — likely superseded |
| r-falcor dec '21 | 10 GB | R-FALCOR | ~4 years | Documents, saves, FL Studio, Factorio mods | Review |
| JOE-AUX | 7.5 GB | Joe auxiliary machine | Old | 4.5 GB Desktop, 2.2 GB Downloads, 868 MB Documents | Review Desktop contents |
| Seraph-Nest | 5.9 GB | Seraph-Nest (shared family machine) | Old | Multi-user data (Hubby + Wifey), game saves, Planet Coaster | Low priority |
| r-dragonite January '22 | 5.4 GB | R-DRAGONITE | ~4 years | — | Delete if DRAGONITE retired |
| Seraph-Fafnir | 5.3 GB | Seraph-Fafnir | Old | FL Studio, saves, RA3 maps | Low priority |
| Sarah's Desktop / Sarah-Lenovo | 2.1 GB | Sarah | Old | Small — likely already migrated | Verify with Sarah |
| Joe's Desktop | 684 MB | Joe old desktop | Old | Small snapshot | Low priority |
Five images (CBC Apr 2024, R-DRAGONITE, Avery Laptop, R-RIPLEY, Purple USB) fail with ReflectBin.exe Exit Code 2. This means the installed Macrium Reflect version does not recognize the image format — a version mismatch, not corruption. The images themselves may be intact; the tool simply refuses to open them. Below are six recovery approaches from easiest to most involved.
Why it works: Macrium embeds a version identifier in the .mrimg header. Installing the version that created the image allows it to mount normally.
How to identify the version: The Backups.dupeguru folder
(64 MB) and the reflect_setup_free_x64.exe installer (174 MB) are already in
D:\Backup — the installer there may be the correct version. Check its version before downloading.
# Check the version of the installer already in D:\Backup (Get-Item 'D:\Backup\reflect_setup_free_x64.exe').VersionInfo.FileVersion # Or check header bytes of an mrimg to find version string Format-Hex 'D:\Backup\CBC13828761E64A1-...-00-00.mrimg' | Select-Object -First 4
Install the matching free version from macrium.com/support/knowledgebase → Downloads → Previous Versions. Run the old installer alongside the current install (different install directories), then use the older ReflectBin.exe to mount.
Caution: Do not uninstall the current Macrium version — it is needed to mount the working 2025 images and run future backups.
Why it works: Macrium Rescue media (WinPE boot ISO) bundles all supported format versions in a single environment. Images created by any Macrium version can be browsed and restored from the rescue boot environment regardless of what is installed on Windows.
How to use: Create a Macrium rescue USB from the current Reflect GUI (Other Tasks → Create Rescue Media), boot from it, then Browse Image → select the older .mrimg. From the browse interface you can copy specific files out rather than performing a full restore.
Best for: Recovering specific files from old images without a full restore. This is the recommended approach if you need to extract particular data from the CBC Apr 2024 image before deleting it.
Why it works: Arsenal Image Mounter is a Windows driver that can mount proprietary disk images — including Macrium .mrimg files — as virtual disks. It supports multiple image formats across vendors and does not depend on Macrium being installed at all.
How to use:
# 1. Download Arsenal Image Mounter (free for personal use) # https://arsenalrecon.com/downloads/ # 2. Launch as Administrator, click Mount Image # 3. Select the .mrimg file # 4. Choose Read-only for safety # 5. The image partitions appear as drive letters
Limitations: Support for Macrium's specific compression/encryption varies by image version. Unencrypted images are more likely to mount successfully.
Why it works: OSFMount by PassMark supports a wide range of disk image formats. While .mrimg is not listed as a first-class supported format, Macrium images before heavy compression are based on raw or VHD-like containers that OSFMount can interpret.
# Download: https://www.osforensics.com/tools/mount-disk-images.html # File → Mount New... → select .mrimg → choose partition → assign letter
Success rate: Variable. Works better on older, less compressed images. Try after Arsenal Image Mounter fails.
Why it works: 7-Zip can sometimes open .mrimg files as generic archives, particularly older Macrium v6 and v7 images that used a less proprietary container format. It will not interpret the filesystem — you may get raw partition blobs — but those can then be mounted separately.
# Right-click the .mrimg in Explorer → 7-Zip → Open archive # Or via CLI: "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" l "D:\Backup\CBC13828761E64A1-...mrimg" # If it lists contents, extract the partition image: "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e "D:\Backup\CBC13828761E64A1-...mrimg" -o"D:\extracted" # Then mount the extracted .img with Disk Management or PowerShell: Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\extracted\partition.img"
Limitations: This is a heuristic approach. Compressed or encrypted images will produce garbage output. Use only if all other methods fail.
Macrium provides a legacy restore utility for customers who need to recover data from images created with older product versions that are no longer commercially available. This is particularly relevant for the transition from Macrium Reflect 7 → 8.
Contact Macrium support at support.macrium.com with the image filename and the approximate date it was created. They can identify the exact version and either provide a download link for the matching ReflectBin.exe or a standalone restore utility.
Note: Macrium was acquired by Paramount Software Ltd. Support for legacy
versions may have changed. Check their knowledge base first:
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com
| Goal | Best Method |
|---|---|
| Verify image is intact before deleting | Method 2 (Boot rescue) or Method 1 (version-matched install) |
| Extract specific files from old image | Method 2 (Boot rescue) — browse and copy files interactively |
| Full system restore from old image | Method 2 (Boot rescue) — most reliable for full restores |
| Mount old image in Windows without rebooting | Method 1 (old ReflectBin.exe) or Method 3 (Arsenal) |
| Images are encrypted | Methods 1 or 2 only — password needed; 3/4/5 cannot decrypt |
| Category | Space Recovered | Location | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete stale .mrimg images (3 confirmed obsolete) | ~373 GB | D: | Low — after rescue review |
| Delete old folder backups (DRAGONITE + Seraph-Falcor) | ~109 GB | D: | Medium — review first |
| Linux garbage (script-output + stale ISOs) | ~40 GB | NixOS | None |
| Move OneDrive C: → D: | 612 GB freed on C: | C: → D: | None (cloud redundant) |
| Move Console Modding C: → F: | ~100 GB freed on C: | C: → F: | Low |
| Total D: reclaimed | ~480 GB | D: | — |
| Total C: relieved | ~712 GB relocated | → D: / F: | — |
# Step 1: Initialize Disk 4 (run as Administrator in PowerShell) Initialize-Disk -Number 4 -PartitionStyle GPT # Step 2: Use Macrium Reflect GUI to clone Disk 3 (C:) → Disk 4 # Clone → Select source disk 3 → destination disk 4 → Clone # This is safer than CLI for a full disk clone including EFI partition
# Mount procedure (run in PowerShell as Admin first) Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsOffline $true # Then in WSL2 bash (run as root or with sudo) wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --bare wsl -u root -e sh -c "mkdir -p /mnt/solidigm && mount /dev/sde2 /mnt/solidigm" # Delete Factorio script output (28 GB) wsl -u root -e rm -rf "/mnt/solidigm/home/joseph/.factorio/script-output" # Delete stale ISOs and tarballs — verify paths first wsl -u root -e sh -c "find /mnt/solidigm/home/joseph -maxdepth 3 -name '*.iso' -o -name 'factorio*.tar.xz' 2>/dev/null" # Review output, then delete confirmed stale files # Cleanup — unmount and bring disk back online wsl -u root -e sh -c "umount /mnt/solidigm" wsl --unmount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsOffline $false
# Run as Administrator. /E = all subdirs, /MOVE = delete source after verify, /LOG = record robocopy "C:\Users\Joseph Rosenbaum\Console Modding" "F:\Console Modding" /E /MOVE /LOG:"D:\robocopy-consolemods.log" # Verify log shows 0 errors before assuming success Select-String -Path "D:\robocopy-consolemods.log" -Pattern "Errors|Failed"
# OneDrive must manage its own folder move — do NOT robocopy OneDrive directly # 1. Right-click the OneDrive system tray icon → Settings # 2. Account tab → Change location # 3. Select D:\ as the new root → OneDrive folder becomes D:\OneDrive # 4. OneDrive client handles the move and re-syncs automatically # After move completes, update Macrium exclusion: # Reflect → Edit backup definition → Excluded folders → replace old path with D:\OneDrive
# Only run after reviewing images from Macrium rescue boot media # Unmountable + superseded (Apr 2024 — 171 GB) Remove-Item 'D:\Backup\CBC13828761E64A1-Joseph.Custom-Desktop.2024-04-07T22.48.01-00-00.mrimg' # Retired machine (R-DRAGONITE — 140 GB + folder backups) Remove-Item 'D:\Backup\9D51CE3D8819CC6D-R-DRAGONITE.2023-12-26T15.51.56-00-00.mrimg' Remove-Item -Recurse "D:\Backup\r-dragonite July '21" Remove-Item -Recurse "D:\Backup\r-dragonite January '22" # Retired machine (R-RIPLEY — 62 GB) Remove-Item 'D:\Backup\8E1D641AF4DF9FBF-2024.11.18-R-RIPLEY-00-00.mrimg' # Seraph-Falcor (22 GB Rocksmith re-downloadable; review Joe subfolder first) Remove-Item -Recurse 'D:\Backup\Seraph-Falcor'
# Disk 3 (C: drive) health — watch for worsening attributes & 'C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartctl.exe' -a /dev/pd3 2>&1 | Select-String 'Reallocated|Pending|Uncorrectable|Temperature|Power_On' # Repeat weekly until drive is replaced