asked on

Vista Complete PC Backup - how to deselect a drive from backup?

Hi, I have vista on C: and XP on E: so Backlup wants to backup both C and E. However E is also a datadrive and very big. How can I stop Backup from wanting to backup E? It is greyed out so I cant deselect it.... Seems I do not have a paging file on E:....anyway to hide it temporarily for example?
Rgds
PM

kaskhedikar_tushar

Hello,

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial145.html

Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar

pmagi

ASKER

Hi Tushar, that was of no help unfortunately. I need to deselect the E: drive that is checked and greyed out (as it is in the tutorial).
Rgds
PM

kaskhedikar_tushar

Hello,

Is the Login user of vista have administrative privileges?

Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar

pmagi

ASKER

Yes. The E: drive is stated as (System, Active, Primary Partition) and C: is (Systemstart, Active, Primary Partition) and I dont seem to be able do deactivete the E: drive.... /PM

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Rick Hobbs

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

kaskhedikar_tushar

Hello,

Please read this

http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-backup-your-data

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.09.backup.aspx

Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar

pmagi

ASKER

Rick, thanks for teh command line thing, have seen it mentioned before. Does that create a file that is compatible with the Complete PC Backup program? Will it delete old backups on the drive to make room etc? Can be restored from Vista?

SOLUTION

Rick Hobbs

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

pmagi

ASKER

Entering the command line does not seem to work....the command line window closes real fast....

pmagi

ASKER

To create a one-time backup with this subcommand, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group or the Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate permissions. In addition, you must run wbadmin from an elevated command prompt. (To open an elevated command prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.)

pmagi

ASKER

The command line is the same as the Vista program:

http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/schedule-a-complete-pc-backup/

Rick Hobbs

Thanks! Glad I could help.