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alk44
Copper Contributor
Aug 10, 2020

system image

when i create a system image, it wants to include one of my regular drives which has nothing to do with the OS. why does it do this? win10pro64 v2004  
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Rolf-42
Iron Contributor
Aug 11, 2020

Hello alk44

That is the intended behavior. There are two image creation methods in general, system and disk. System includes all disks of the VM as disk image.. well the name gives it away, right?

At the moment Azure supports a system image and AFAIK a disk image option may come in the future but if and when I cannot say.

I hope that helps

Cheers
Rolf
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alk44
Copper Contributor
Aug 11, 2020

Rolf-42    i have 7disks [actually 1 ssd C: and 2 hdd's with 3 partitions each].

why does it grab 1 of the partitions that has nothing to do with the OS?

how does it decide which partition?

i don't understand your reference to a VM. can you elaborate?

tnx

 

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    Rolf-42
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 12, 2020

    Hello alk44

    The reference to a VM (Virtual Machine) was used since you did not give any background info about your system in the 1st place. It was just an assumption that you are using a virtual machine.

    So which OS are you using? From the drive letters I deduct Windows but is it Windows Server and if that is the case which version etc. How are the partitions formatted? All NTFS? Are all primary partitions or are the any other partition formats in use? Which tool do you use to create the system image?
    All this comes into maybe finding an answer to your question.

    Thanks

    Cheers
    Rolf
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      alk44
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 12, 2020

      Rolf-42   as my original post said, my system is win10pro64 v2004.

      all are NTFS, primary partitions.

      image was created using 'Create a system image' from the control panel.

       

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        Rolf-42
        Iron Contributor
        Aug 12, 2020

        Hi alk44

         

        Sorry I missed that piece of information. My bad. OK so, you are using the old "Backup and restore" (Windows 7) out of the control panel. That system image makes a copy of the drives required for Windows to run. That means your 2nd disk probably holds the page file or any other information like user profile directory just as an example. And because of that the system image wants to cover that partition too. What is the behavior when you move everything incl. page file and user home or any system relevant files/folders to your C drive and reboot. Is the 2nd drive still backed up?

        Looking forward to your answer.

        Cheers
        Rolf
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