Trying to do a system image using the Windows 7 backup function on a Windows 10 (1909) machine. When it opens it is stuck showing a drive that is no longer in the system. When I open the option to search for another drive, it searched 4 hours before I closed it. It won't let me change the drive to put the new backup on.
How can I get it to let me find a drive that is currently on the system?
Check C: partition for NTFS file system errors by executing Chkdsk C: /f command.
Check backup drive for NTFS file system errors by executing Chkdsk X: /f command. Replace X: drive letter with backup drive.
WBAdmin is the command-line version of Backup and Restore.
To get started, you will need an administrative-level Command Prompt:
1. Open the Start screen and type Cmd.exe.
2. Right-click the Cmd.exe icon and then select Run As Administrator.
3. When the command prompt loads, run the following command to create a backup of your entire Windows install:
Replace d: with the drive letter where you want your backup to be stored.Code:wbadmin start backup -allCritical -backupTarget:d:
It can be the drive letter of any drive in your PC or connected via USB, but cannot be the drive that you are backing up.
1) For Windows 7 please use our sister website:
Windows 7 Help Forums
2) Run HD Tune (free version) (all drives)
HD Tune website
Post images into the thread for results on these tabs:
a) Health
b) Benchmark
c) Full error scan
3) Run Sea Tools for Windows
long generic test
Post an image of the test result into the thread
SeaTools for Windows |
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How to use SeaTools for Windows | Seagate Support US
4) For making backup images please use free third party software:
(Acronis, Aoemi, EaseUS, Macrium, Paragon, etc.)
There are free and pay versions depending on the features.
Macrium is widely used in Ten Forums:
Imaging with free Macrium - Windows 7 Help Forums
Macrium Software | Your Image is Everything
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect
5) See these links:
Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for Free
Windows 10: Why it's finally time to upgrade from Windows 7 - CNET
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...cle-fact-sheet
Please note this feature is not maintained or updated by MS, and was only kept for backwards compatibility.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ore-deprecated
MS has recommended people use 3rd party tools in its place.
Macrium Reflect (far more robust and complete, and in its paid version particularly, feature rich) is often recommended here.
Thanks, FreeBooter.
I followed your suggestion and the result was only partially successful. The target showed the drive I want to put the image on, but the backup drive was not C, but instead the System Reserved partition (F:).
Is there a way in the WBAdmin command line to designate the source?
Windows 10 create a special “System Reserved” partition when you install Windows 10 on a clean disk. System Reserved partition is protected partition important boot files are stored here by default. You really shouldn’t mess with the System Reserved partition—it’s easiest and safest to just leave it be. Windows hides the partition by default instead of creating a drive letter for it.
Your last post is understood, FreeBooter, but the problem now is that when I use the fix you gave above, it lets me write an image on the disk I indicate, but it tells me that it will copy the System Reserved partition, not the C: that I want to make the image from. Is there a command line parameter for WBAdmin that lets me choose the source?
To back up the entire contents of the C drive to a backup drive located on E, follow these steps.Code:WBadmin start backup -BackupTarget:E: -Include:C:
If you don't want to use any 3rd party backup software (Macrium, Acronis etc) you could use the DISM command supplied with Windows to capture an image of your drives to backup media then use DISM to restore or even deploy the image(s) created.
There is an excellent step by step tutorial on these forums in the Tutorials\Backup and Restore section for how to use DISM to capture disk images.
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