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Hi there, I have a 3tb SATA hard drive connected to a server 2102 r2 essentials divided into 2 partitions. <br />
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I am doing a data backup else where but I want to use windows to do an image back up a partition I have on my sata drive but it does not show up in the available devices list. <br />
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How do I make it available?
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Hi there, I have a 3tb SATA hard drive connected to a server 2102 r2 essentials divided into 2 partitions. 

I am doing a data backup else where but I want to use windows to do an image back up a partition I have on my sata drive but it does not show up in the available devices list. 

How do I make it available?

Server 2012 r2

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.