Full Computer Backup - Can't Deselect the Drive D:

Hi all,

I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.

Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
up.

I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
Installation.

Use a third party image backup program for your drive C:


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telwat

Yea I could use that but sincerely nothing restores Vista faster to my drive
than it's own Restore from the CD. That's why I wish to make a backup with
it...

"telwat" wrote:

>
> Use a third party image backup program for your drive C:
>
>
> --
> telwat
>

"Peconi" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
> the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
> deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
> though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.
>
> Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
> being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
> up.
>
> I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
> Installation.

"telwat" wrote:

>
> Use a third party image backup program for your drive C:
>
>
> --
> telwat
>

"Peconi" wrote:

> Yea I could use that but sincerely nothing restores Vista faster to my drive
> than it's own Restore from the CD. That's why I wish to make a backup with
> it...
>
> "telwat" wrote:
>
> >
> > Use a third party image backup program for your drive C:
> >
> >
> > --
> > telwat
> >

"Peconi" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
> the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
> deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
> though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.
>
> Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
> being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
> up.
>
> I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
> Installation.

Hi
I do not understand, I understand very little anyways
you speek of full full backup
When I go for backup on my vista 32 bit home basic desktop
It says
Only files on NTFS Disk can be backed up.
System files, Executable files and temporary files will not be backed up
these are optional or can be checked or unchecked
Pictures
Music
Videos
Email
Documents
T V shows
Compressed files
Additional files
The anwsers givin seemed to differ from the many post I"v read
just a comment

--
lucky me I guess


"Little Charlie" wrote:

> "sgmaxmp11" <> wrote in message news:8499511D-D2BD-4CFD-AD8E-...
> >
> >
> > "Peconi" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
> >> the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
> >> deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
> >> though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.
> >>
> >> Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
> >> being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
> >> up.
> >>
> >> I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
> >> Installation.
>
>
> Vista gives you no option except "full computer backup" . That is why you cannot deselect any drive at all.
> That is why it is called a "full computer backup"
>
> --
>
> Little Charlie
> http://www.bandmix.com/littlecharlie/
> http://www.reverbnation.com/littlecharliesblues
>
>
>

You CAN deselect the drives. It offers me to deselect the other 2 hard drives
I have, but not the ones I mentioned.

"Little Charlie" wrote:

> "sgmaxmp11" <> wrote in message news:8499511D-D2BD-4CFD-AD8E-...
> >
> >
> > "Peconi" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
> >> the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
> >> deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
> >> though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.
> >>
> >> Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
> >> being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
> >> up.
> >>
> >> I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
> >> Installation.
>
>
> Vista gives you no option except "full computer backup" . That is why you cannot deselect any drive at all.
> That is why it is called a "full computer backup"
>
> --
>
> Little Charlie
> http://www.bandmix.com/littlecharlie/
> http://www.reverbnation.com/littlecharliesblues
>
>
>

Little Charlie wrote:
> "sgmaxmp11" <> wrote in message news:8499511D-D2BD-4CFD-AD8E-...
>>
>> "Peconi" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have Vista 64bit installed on drive C:. When I go to Full Computer backup
>>> the Drive D: is also automatically selected and there is no way of
>>> deselecting it. In the list in parenthesis it shows it as (System) even
>>> though that drive is clearly NOT a system drive.
>>>
>>> Is there ANY way to disable this drive from being backed up because with it
>>> being 1TB in size and almost full - I definitely do not want to be backing it
>>> up.
>>>
>>> I just wish to create a nice clean Full computer backup of my Vista 64bit
>>> Installation.
>
>
> Vista gives you no option except "full computer backup" . That is why you cannot deselect any drive at all.
> That is why it is called a "full computer backup"
>

It sounds like Peconi is talking about "Complete PC Backup," which
*does* allow one to specify which drives are to be backed up, although
the system partition *must* be one of them.

Daze

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