Re: Can't deselect drive in Complete PC Backup

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Hi, Prince.

It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has
no OS on it and I only use it for data backups.

Are you SURE that it says "system"?

I've never used Complete PC Backup, but many users - including many software developers - confuse the terms "system" and "boot", especially when discussing hard drive partitions. And when developers use the terms properly, many users misunderstand because they are counterintuitive to most of us. As some authors have said, we might think it strange that we BOOT from the SYSTEM partition and keep our operating SYSTEM files in the BOOT volume. :^{

Have a look at this KB article:
Definitions for system volume and boot volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470

And then look at the Status column in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to see which volume has the System status. Note that there can only be ONE "System volume" in the computer at a time. (Next question: If Drive E: IS the System Partition, how did this happen? I'm not saying that it can't be, but it seldom happens by accident.)

RC
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"Prince of Orange" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f40c659an2lttlg48qn644b2fmq4lj67co@xxxxxxxxxx
I have a 1 TB Samsung hard drive divided into 3 partitions of C:, E:,
and F: When I try to run Windows Complete PC Backup, it automatically
selects C: and E: It lists E: as a system drive, even though it has
no OS on it and I only use it for data backups. I only wish to backup
C: as it has the OS and installed programs (I use a different process
to back up other data).

Does anyone have a fix for this? Thank you.

.

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