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  1. PRIYAM GANGULY
    Priyam Ganguly Win User

    Why does system image backup of C drive fail in Windows 10 Pro?


    I regularly take backup of my computer by creating system image of the C drive. I do so by going to Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore and clicking the "Create a system image" link. Till date it was working fine, but once I updated from Window 7 to Windows 10 Pro, it doesn't work anymore. Once I click the "Create a system image" link, select my external hard drive as the backup destination and click on Next, the list of drives comes up wherein the C drive, the System Reserved space and the Windows Recovery Environment are selected by default. As I don't need to select any ot

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    Priyam Ganguly, Aug 10, 2023
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  2. HOOD
    Hood Win User

    Intel 750 NVMe fails Windows System Image Backup

    No, I did a clean install on the 750, Windows 10 Pro x64, which was instantly activated through hardware ID. Since my first post, I have successfully installed and ran Macrium Reflect, including creating an image and testing rescue media - works fine. To reiterate: Windows won't do an image backup since installing it on the Intel 750 PCIe SSD, worked fine before on SATA SSD with the same Windows version (build 10586).
    No problem anyway, I just got used to doing it quick and easy within Windows, no 3rd party software or rescue media needed, but I can do Reflect almost as easily. I was just wondering about my latest Win10 bug, and whether anyone else noticed it...
    BTW, this drive really is worth it, for example, the creation of the full 40GB C drive backup only took about 3 minutes (first image, full, not incremental), writing to my 850 Pro.
     
    Hood, Aug 10, 2023
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  3. MARKIE
    Markie Win User
    Intel 750 NVMe fails Windows System Image Backup

    I have the same issue.
     
    Markie, Aug 10, 2023
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  4. WILLIAM LONDREE
    William Londree Win User

    Why does system image backup of C drive fail in Windows 10 Pro?

    Windows 10: fails backup to system image

    Try scanning and repairing your source drive (mine was my C: drive) rather than the destination drive. I did a "cmd prompt admin" to invoke the scan and repair function for my C: drive after many fails trying to make a system image on my external hard drive.
    Took several hours to do the scan and repair of my C: drive. Win 10 had done an automatic update the day before so I suspected perhaps something got screwed up.

    After the scan and repair, I made a successful System Image copy to an external Hard Drive that had failed many times before. It's worth a shot.

    Just Saying.....

    Bill
     
    William Londree, Aug 10, 2023
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