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07-21-2009
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| | Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup I have a 1 TB Samsung hard drive divided into 3 partitions of C:, E:, and F: When I try to run Windows Complete PC Backup, it automatically selects C: and E: It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. I only wish to backup C: as it has the OS and installed programs (I use a different process to back up other data). Does anyone have a fix for this? Thank you. |
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07-21-2009
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| | Re: Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup Hi, Prince. Quote: > It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has > no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. I've never used Complete PC Backup, but many users - including many software developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when discussing hard drive partitions. And when developers use the terms properly, many users misunderstand because they are counterintuitive to most of us. As some authors have said, we might think it strange that we BOOT from the SYSTEM partition and keep our operating SYSTEM files in the BOOT volume. :^{ Have a look at this KB article: Definitions for system volume and boot volume http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470 And then look at the Status column in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to see which volume has the System status. Note that there can only be ONE "System volume" in the computer at a time. (Next question: If Drive E: IS the System Partition, how did this happen? I'm not saying that it can't be, but it seldom happens by accident.) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100 "Prince of Orange" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:f40c659an2lttlg48qn644b2fmq4lj67co@xxxxxx Quote: > I have a 1 TB Samsung hard drive divided into 3 partitions of C:, E:, > and F: When I try to run Windows Complete PC Backup, it automatically > selects C: and E: It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has > no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. I only wish to backup > C: as it has the OS and installed programs (I use a different process > to back up other data). > > Does anyone have a fix for this? Thank you. |
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07-21-2009
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| | Re: Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:14:24 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Hi, Prince. > Quote: >> It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has >> no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. >Are you SURE that it says "system"? Quote: > >I've never used Complete PC Backup, but many users - including many software >developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when >discussing hard drive partitions. And when developers use the terms >properly, many users misunderstand because they are counterintuitive to most >of us. As some authors have said, we might think it strange that we BOOT >from the SYSTEM partition and keep our operating SYSTEM files in the BOOT >volume. :^{ > >Have a look at this KB article: >Definitions for system volume and boot volume >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470 > >And then look at the Status column in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to see >which volume has the System status. Note that there can only be ONE "System >volume" in the computer at a time. (Next question: If Drive E: IS the >System Partition, how did this happen? I'm not saying that it can't be, but >it seldom happens by accident.) lists E: only as a primary partition. So why does Complete PC Backup think E: is a system drive? Quote: > >RC |
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07-21-2009
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| | Re: Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup Hi, Prince. Quote: > So why does Complete PC Backup > think E: is a system drive? As I said, : Quote: Quote: >>many software >>developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when >>discussing hard drive partitions. asked that one; see above. You'll have to ask the guys who wrote the program, I guess. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100 "Prince of Orange" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:vd2c65tg1gk3k91uqi8bgdqjrclugjjee0@xxxxxx Quote: > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:14:24 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: >>Hi, Prince. >> Quote: >>> It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has >>> no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. >>Are you SURE that it says "system"? > Yes, it says 'system' for both C: and E: > Quote: >> >>I've never used Complete PC Backup, but many users - including many >>software >>developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when >>discussing hard drive partitions. And when developers use the terms >>properly, many users misunderstand because they are counterintuitive to >>most >>of us. As some authors have said, we might think it strange that we BOOT >>from the SYSTEM partition and keep our operating SYSTEM files in the BOOT >>volume. :^{ >> >>Have a look at this KB article: >>Definitions for system volume and boot volume >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470 >> >>And then look at the Status column in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to >>see >>which volume has the System status. Note that there can only be ONE >>"System >>volume" in the computer at a time. (Next question: If Drive E: IS the >>System Partition, how did this happen? I'm not saying that it can't be, >>but >>it seldom happens by accident.) > Disk Management correctly identifies C: as the system/boot drive. It > lists E: only as a primary partition. So why does Complete PC Backup > think E: is a system drive? > Quote: >> >>RC |
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07-21-2009
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| | Re: Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup Are there page files on that drive? "Prince of Orange" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:vd2c65tg1gk3k91uqi8bgdqjrclugjjee0@xxxxxx Quote: > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:14:24 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: >>Hi, Prince. >> Quote: >>> It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has >>> no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. >>Are you SURE that it says "system"? > Yes, it says 'system' for both C: and E: > Quote: >> >>I've never used Complete PC Backup, but many users - including many >>software >>developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when >>discussing hard drive partitions. And when developers use the terms >>properly, many users misunderstand because they are counterintuitive to >>most >>of us. As some authors have said, we might think it strange that we BOOT >>from the SYSTEM partition and keep our operating SYSTEM files in the BOOT >>volume. :^{ >> >>Have a look at this KB article: >>Definitions for system volume and boot volume >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470 >> >>And then look at the Status column in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to >>see >>which volume has the System status. Note that there can only be ONE >>"System >>volume" in the computer at a time. (Next question: If Drive E: IS the >>System Partition, how did this happen? I'm not saying that it can't be, >>but >>it seldom happens by accident.) > Disk Management correctly identifies C: as the system/boot drive. It > lists E: only as a primary partition. So why does Complete PC Backup > think E: is a system drive? > Quote: >> >>RC |
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