Solved Full PC Backup Problem

Submarine

Submarine

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Vista Pro
I have a dual boot system with W7 on a second HDD. I am trying to make a full PC Backup without backing up my W7 disk (because it fails the backup). The second HDD is checked in the backup settings screen, but greyed out, so I cannot uncheck it. It is not checked for file backup.

How do I exclude this disk from the Full PC Backup?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS720
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2407WFP-HC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista,
    Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7,
    Maxtor OT III External HDD,
    WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Other Info
    M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.
Hallo Submarine, if you installed Seven after Vista then boot manager would have set Seven as your default OS.

I assume this is why Seven is checked & greyed out, you could use this tutorial to change your default OS in boot manager and see if this helps;

Default Operating System - Change Default Boot OS - Windows 7 Forums

Or you could try this utility, i have had great success with it and it is very easy to use;

http://www.vistax64.com/software/261727-image-your-system-free-macrium.html

Although i have not tried it on a dual boot OS i think you will find it will pretty much allow you to select or deselect watever you like :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett Packard, compaq presario CQ60-305AU
    CPU
    AMD Athlon QI-46 2.1 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Wistron 303C
    Memory
    2048 Mb DDR2 SD Ram
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidea GE Go Force 8200M G / 256Mb dedicated grapics memory
    Sound Card
    MCP78S NVidea High definition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" High Definition Brightview Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1336x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba MK2555GSX ATA
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS2/Touchpad
mitchell said:
Hallo Submarine, if you installed Seven after Vista then boot manager would have set Seven as your default OS.

I assume this is why Seven is checked & greyed out, you could use this tutorial to change your default OS in boot manager and see if this helps;

Default Operating System - Change Default Boot OS - Windows 7 Forums

Or you could try this utility, i have had great success with it and it is very easy to use;

http://www.vistax64.com/software/261727-image-your-system-free-macrium.html

Although i have not tried it on a dual boot OS i think you will find it will pretty much allow you to select or deselect watever you like :)
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Thanks a lot, much appreciated. I managed to solve the problem by booting from my Vista disk instead of from the SSD. Now everything works.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS720
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2407WFP-HC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista,
    Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7,
    Maxtor OT III External HDD,
    WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Other Info
    M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.
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