That does make your W10TP drive inaccessible from the other drive.
The register key added in W10TP was changed on its own to show "C:" instead of "E:" drive. Not sure if that was like that yesterday after a few reboots, etc. or this morning after four updates requiring a restart??
Just remembered that no restore point was created prior to the update which I've seen it do before. Wondering if that entry changed caused that?
Yes, W10TP would be inaccessible from other drive. If you have an ext USB drive or room to make a small partition on the HDD, you can "share" it between OS's to move files back and forth. That's the approach I took.That does make your W10TP drive inaccessible from the other drive.
The register key added in W10TP was changed on its own to show "C:" instead of "E:" drive. Not sure if that was like that yesterday after a few reboots, etc. or this morning after four updates requiring a restart??
Just remembered that no restore point was created prior to the update which I've seen it do before. Wondering if that entry changed caused that?
It will be "C:" by default on each of the OS's you are booted to, even though the drive letter will appear as something else. When on W10TP, win7 might be "E:", when on Win7 W10TP might be "F:" or something. These were the drive letters in your reg files. It's normal.
There were no restore points probably cause you had not "hidden" the drives yet, and they were deleted.
Do an image backup on both OS's and there will be restore points after.
Cheers!
Maybe I'm explaining well enough.Yes, W10TP would be inaccessible from other drive. If you have an ext USB drive or room to make a small partition on the HDD, you can "share" it between OS's to move files back and forth. That's the approach I took.
It will be "C:" by default on each of the OS's you are booted to, even though the drive letter will appear as something else. When on W10TP, win7 might be "E:", when on Win7 W10TP might be "F:" or something. These were the drive letters in your reg files. It's normal.
There were no restore points probably cause you had not "hidden" the drives yet, and they were deleted.
Do an image backup on both OS's and there will be restore points after.
Cheers!
The entry of "E:" drive in my registry for W10 changed to "C:" entry so Windows changed the entry. I'm still retaining restore points.
Wrongo in the Congo, so to speak. That's the falicy of an automated backup.... a new backup file overwrites an older backup file.
Then if there's a problem with the new backup file and it can't be restored, you're screwed!!!!!
Rule 1. Your Backup and Restore program MUST not be on your OS drive, because if that drive goes up in a puff of fire and smoke, you're screwed. How are you going to run the Restore program?
Rule 2. Your PC should not be ON at 2AM unless you're sitting there at the PC, or nearby, if it runs into trouble.
I could go on and on, with all the misconceptions about backups. I've been setting up backup schemes for individuals, businesses and corporations for over 35 years. I've seen just about everything that someone can do WRONG concerning backups.
I do my whole C: drive backup once a week, using Ghost 11.5, run from a Boot CD and my backup Image Files are stored on a separate hard drive.... a 1TB drive, with plenty of space for multiple backups. I do a massive cleanup on my C: drive before actually doing my backups, so I'm not backing up Garbage. Then I let Ghost do a verification (Check) on the backup file, to verify its integrity. (a backup file with errors in it, is NO backup at all.)
Cheers Mates!
TechnoMage
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