Windows 10: Windows Image Backup sees my drive G as a sytem drive same as C:

Hi, I am trying to create an image of the system installation that was done by the store where I bought the PC but my Drive G is showing as a system drive same as my drive C: . How do I fix thiis issue. I am using the Back & Restore (Windows 7) option of Windows 10 version 21H1 (OS Build 19403.985). Then I click on the create a system image then I see that my G: drive (it is as different disk not a partition on my C: drive) is not available for the back-up. So when I look is what I see in the selection of the drive to back-up and no way to remove the G: drvie. Since my G: drive is seeen as a system drive, same as my C: drive. How do I fix this problem, please???

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Questions on C:\ Drive Backup

*Original Title: Backup C drive

I have a Lenovo K330 PC which I bought in 2011 with Windows 7 Home. Since then I’ve upgraded to Windows 7 Professional and now to Windows 10 Professional. My C: drive no longer has the Lenovo rescue partition. I have a portable WD Passport with
1 GB used to coordinate data between computers. I backup my data weekly on a removable 298 GB hard drive. I currently have no system backups. I see several backup alternatives:

• Windows 7 Backup & Restore
• Norton 360 Backup
• Cobian 11 Backup

My concern is my C: drive is 5 years old. When it fails I’m up a creek. I refuse to go to the "cloud." I tried Windows 7 Backup and Recovery on my Passport. When finished I got a warning that some files were not copied. Not
what I wanted to see. Will it work?

 

system Backup From C drive to D drive both internal drives

I want to know if by what you see, am i able to use say AOmei backupper to create a full system backup of my C drive and place those files on my D drive and when my sytem crashes or when an update crashes my computer if I am able to reinstall that backup from my D drive to reinstall that backup back onto my C drive?? cause as i said when i tried using Aomei using the restore option I could NOT chose the backup file from the D drive because my D drive wa not even Listed in the Aomei restore option to do so? and if its not being listed WHY? so if I cant use the internal D drive to store and reinstall from it using any software then trying to create backups is just wasting my time but i really want to backup so I dont have to continually do complete reinstalls from scratch of my windwos 10 pro iso ...

 

Windows 10, and Backup Drive is full

I am using Windows 10, and my Back-up Drive is full. I look at the folders, and I may have more than one one program running backups. I have a LOC file, a file that looks like a System Image, but it is empty, a folder named WindowsImageBackup, it's old,
and I have a folder with my File History folders in that, in that I have 2 folders called Configuration, and one called Data.

My C Drive is a 2 TB drive, with 583 GB used, and 1.24 TB free. My G Drive is what I am using for Backup, it's a 1 TB external drive, it has 931 GB used, and only 10.3 MB free.

I don't think the Backup files should be that big, and I can't see how to get it under control. I did try to look at other posts about this kind of problem, but they are not the same issue. One suggestion was:

It is easy to clear or reduce the restore points to free up some space:

• Press [Windows]+[E] to open File Explorer.
• Right-click This PC and click Properties.
• In the sidebar on the left, click System protection.
• You will see a list of the storage devices on your computer.
• Select D: and click [Configure].
• This dialog should tell you how much space the restore points are using on that drive. You can click [Delete] to delete them all, or drag the slider to the left to reduce the amount of space that they are allowed to use.
• Click [OK], select C:, click [Configure] again, and repeat step 6.

That sounds reasonable, but I don't want to delete them all, or reformat my G Drive, until I have a good Backup.

Question #1. Just how big is a Backup file should be, for a C Drive with 583 GB on it?

#2. What is the File, or Folder in my FileHistory folder that is used by File History for my Backups, and how do I delete the old Backup files, after I have new ones. There should be an automatic selection, or setting, but where, or how?

Maybe I just need to do as in #6 above, and select Delete all restore points for this drive, and start over. But this option scars me, so I need an opinion from a Backup Expert.