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These volumes and their file systems are the first thing you'll see when you start Macrium Reflect.įigure: Macrium Reflect showing the volumes and file systems on a system disk So that the operating system can use different file systems or provide multiple volumes (like the C: drive, D: drive and recovery area), it partitions these blocks into volumes (sometimes also called partitions). So that the read-heads can store and find recorded data, the disk is split into blocks, usually of 512 bytes, which are numbered from the start to the end of the platter. The information on the platter is recorded and read by read-heads. This permanent storage is usually a hard disk drive containing a spinning magnetic platter. Inside a PC, the operating system, applications and all your files need to be kept somewhere when the power is off.

If you consider yourself non-technical this article should help you to start understanding the terminology, workings and concepts of imaging, backup and Macrium Reflect.