Windows 10: Windows Restore to a Seagate 2TB BarraCuda HD not working

I have a Windows 10 system with 2 internal hard drives C: (250 GB) and E: (500 GB) that I use as my primary system. I also have a backup / mirror system in case I have an issue with the primary system, I use Windows Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Backup and Restore (Windows 7) to create a system image of my primary system, including both the C: and E: hard drives. I then restore this image including C: and E: to my mirror system and everything is ready in the event my primary system goes down.

Everything was working fine until I installed a new Seagate 2TB BarraCuda HD as the E: drive in my mirror system. Now when I restore the image to the mirror system Windows restore only restores the C: drive, It acts as if it can not see the second Seagate 2TB drive and doesn't give me the option to restore that part of the image (E: Drive). Any Ideas why? Could there be a problem with Windows restore recognizing a 2TB hard drive?

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Windows 10 update not working

I can't update Windows 10. I have tried repeatedly, but to no avail. Windows 10 Update Assistant displays that the latest version is 14393, but I am stuck on version 10586. How can I fix this?

PC specs:

AMD FX-8320 OC@ 4.00Ghz

16GB Corsair DDR3 RAM

AMD XFX R9 290X

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD (where Windows is installed)

2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 

HDD shows in BIOS but not on system

New built computer, Win10, Hero7mobo, 4790K, Samsung 500Gb SSD, Seagate Barracuda 2Tb.

Computer runs fine and is booting from SSD but 2Tb does not show thru settings or control panel.

When started in BIOS 2Tb drive show up.

How can I initialize or format it from BIOS or if it doesn't show in Win10 ?

 

Probably not much help but anyway...... have a read here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itprogeneral

I know what the following answers will be (lol) use Macrium or some other imaging program.

I've always championed Windows own utility but this is something I think you need to be sat in front of to suss out.

Is putting the old drive back and making a quick copy with another program an option ? Then restore that newly made image back.

 

Microsoft is depreciating the built in system image function and recommending that users move to third party programs for system image backups.

Now might be a good time to move to something like Macrium Reflect Free:
Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

 

Hello NavyLCDR. Do you have any links that can give a definitive answer to any hint of when the built in system image function will no longer be a part of the OS?

 

I don't think anybody knows for sure. It was mentioned a while ago that Backup and Restore might not make it to the Creators Fall edition (and it did) and the same went for File History.

Because of the uncertainty I made the switch from the Windows utilities to AOMEI which has proved a sound move in practice.

 

You can use wbadmin command line to restore the image.

 

Hi Thanks for the Input. Considering the Comments my issues are really a result of using a non-supported Backup system (ie: Windows 7 Backup and Restore ) and it's interaction with newer larger hard drives. So it is time to change!

I just tried Macrium Reflect Free and it worked perfect for my purposes, so I ma going with that software --- Thanks again.

 

Hi there
Don't forget to test RESTORE as well if it's the first time you've used it.

Macrium is used by loads of people on this Forum so it should be OK but if you've never used it before you want to be sure restore is also 100% reliable --I've seen loads of cases where people get what seems a successful backup and then on restore there's Disk I/O or other error !!!! (fortunately not normally from Macrium).

So if you have a safe working OLD backup system restore your current system after imaging it with Macrium. If it fails restore from your legacy system.

Chances are Restore will probably be OK but I'd test it rather than find out something is wrong when I really need the restore.

Cheers
jimbo

 

It is not clear to me what MS means by this:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...t-policy-for-4k-sector-hard-drives-in-windows

Yet further down the page, it says:

If , as they appear to claim, windows Backup ( in win 8) works with native 4k. Presumably, windows backup ( in win 10 ) should also work with native 4k.

 

I agree Macrium Reflect Free is the best. I did not believe all the hype here until I started to use it. It already saved me from reinstalling Windows 10 three times already. Before that I used System Restore and when it failed I had to do a repair install.

 

+1 on the idea of testing restore! Using, over the years, ATI2016, Macrium Reflect, Image for Windows -- I've restored, over the years, using them consecutively.

 

Jimbo45 Thanks for the heads up on Macrium Reflect Free, I tried the full backup and restore and it worked great -- all ready for the next catastrophe *Smile*Smile