Windows 10: the images in G drive takes very long to open

Hey Team,Description: to open a picture takes 10 minutes, this happens since this morning, / loaded on G drives after a few minutes there is no return message window, does not respond, the images can not be opened / takes a very long time / sometimes the complete folder can not be accessed.I think the Path is to Long , see the screenshot. Error message: The screenshot of the error message is available in the attachment file.what Can I do Please.

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[HELP]Image recovery issues

Guys i am trying to fix my cousins Asus Eee netbook. It has a backup image file that is partitioned on the hard drive but when I go to use it the app will run through a few steps and stop. It is running Vista . Any suggestions?

 

System Image Problem

Bill,

Could you elaborate on the Nick's Data? I've already done a Sys Img to G: drive.
What is a Belarc Advisor audit?


Rebooting now to see if drives stay the same.


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Nick

 

Windows Image Backup sees my drive G as a sytem drive same as C:

1 It is telling you that there is some element of the system on that drive. When you make your system image [#5 below] you ought to include the G drive or your image will be incomplete.
2 Have you 'customised' your system in any way that includes the G drive such as enabling applications to be installed there or moving the whole of the C:\Users\%UserName% folder there?
3 If you have not and if it is a very recent purchase, you could go back to the store you bought it from and demand to know why the 'system' includes your G drive. There might be a good reason such as the computer needing it to boot [i.e. it cannot boot from the disk that your C:\ drive is on]. If it is not a recent purchase then perhaps the computer maker's support site / forums can explain this for you.
4 I suggest you post a Disk mgmt. diagram. I've gone on to suggest other steps in #6 below just to show you a full reply but I advise you not to start doing action #6 until the status of G:\ has been explained.
Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of - TenForumsTutorials

4 No, it's telling you that the G drive is included in the system image and cannot be omitted.

5 I agree with the others - install Macrium Reflect and make your system image [you ought to include all your disks for this first one]. Don't use the built-in Windows utility for images. MS said not to in their announcement of Windows 10 Version 1709 and have never withdrawn that warning



imaging deprecated in Ver 1709 - TenForums

Macrium Reflect [free edition] is an imaging utility that is often recommended in this forum and is so well-known here that you can get plenty of help for it.

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect - TenForumsTutorials
Macrium USB - TenForums

Macrium Software Macrium Reflect Free
Macrium Reflect KnowledgeBase - user guide [version-independent link]

It can also make bootable system images. This facility is called viBoot^^^.
Macrium viBoot - Macrium KB
Macrium viBoot - Create Virtual Machine using Macrium Image - TenForumsTutorials^^^ viBoot used to require Windows 10 Pro because of the virtualisation method it worked with but v8 is more flexible. To find out if it really will work with Windows 10 Home, watch out for any progress made in New viBoot VM Options - TenForums


6 I also think that, once you have the protection of a system image & have tested your Macrium boot USB, you should reinstall Windows 10 whilst G and all other disks are disconnected so they cannot be used as part of the system.
- If somebody suggests how you can manually create the necessary partitions on the C:\ drive's disk instead of reinstalling then this would be much quicker.
- You could reinstall Windows 10 [which entails deleting all partitions on the disk then recreating just the ones Windows 10 needs].
- You can then restore just the C:\ drive portion of your system image over the C:\ drive of the new installation.
This image, installation & restore procedure will have the effect of transferring what you have now onto a single disk with no spillover onto other disks. You can then reconnect drive G and delete the unwanted partition on it.
Clean Install - TenForumsTutorials
Personally, I would take the additional step of backing up my drivers beforehand even though it is somewhat redundant.
Backup and Restore Device Drivers - TenForumsTutorials

Denis