HDD not showing up when trying to create a system image.

erazor51

erazor51

erazor51

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I've create system images before perfectly fine with the built in Windows imaging software available in Windows 10.

Today when trying to create an image suddenly my secondary drive (D: drive) it doesn't show up on the list anymore.

It now lists my D drive as a system image and wants to back that up?

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Please can anyone help with this issue?

Thanks
 
I just tried starting up my system with just the SSD (OS drive) and it loads up fine so not sure why my secondary drive doesnt show up and then shows up as system when trying to do a backup.

It surely doesn't contain any boot files as my system loads up fine with the drive disconnected.
 
disconnect and reconnect the hdd cables and if still nothing try the disk management in Administrator..

i use external hdd so i dont require(windows 8.1) this nor do i have 2 hdds in my system, but going from window 7 and the like, i had to go through the disk management to delete volume and create a new one for it to work, only happened on the odd occasion, might be hardware related.


thinking about it, might be down to the format type used? maybe incorrect for whats required.
 
I disconnected my drives and reconnected but still same issue.

I have already used my 2nd drive to create an image on it which was about 3 weeks ago. It's today i decided to create another backup where it fails to pickup and shows as a system drive instead.

the only things that changed in the the 3 weeks is newer windows updates, origin and steam updates. Both origin and steam are on my 2nd drive which is where i have all my games stored.

Could it be because of origin and steam being on d drive that it thinks its now a system drive? i created an image on d drive before with no problems while having steam and origin being on d drive. I'm thinking maybe a new client update might have triggered something?
 
Check Disk Management in administrative tools to see if your D: drive is marked as a system drive. If it thinks it's required as part of the image, it will not allow you to use it to store an image on it.

Edit: If you installed Origin to the drive rather than just using it to store the Game Files, then yes that can cause this problem.
 
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