- Nov 6, 2005
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How annoying is it when you have set up your machine, try to do a backup and it tells you that the backup will include your data drive (filled with > 2tb of "evaluation" stuff) and you can't deselect it?
Well, very annoying.
Two solutions:
1. Use the command line:
WBADMIN START BACKUP -backuptarget:\\server1\backup -include:e: (as ripped off from Micro$oft)
2. Determine the cause why it is included which is that (somehow) the data partition is set to be active. Backup determines that the Active drive is the one to be included.
To de-activate the drive (which is dangerous because you may not be able to boot afterwards) use the diskpart utility:
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type: diskpart
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list disk (This command will list all the disks that you have)
4. In the next prompt, type: select disk # ( # means the number of the disk which contain the wrong active partition )
5. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list partition
6. Use the command: select partition # (# means the number of the partition that you want to mark as active)
7. Inactive the active partition with command: inactive
I wanted to find out why this happens sometimes and with some persistence, walla!
HTH
Well, very annoying.
Two solutions:
1. Use the command line:
WBADMIN START BACKUP -backuptarget:\\server1\backup -include:e: (as ripped off from Micro$oft)
2. Determine the cause why it is included which is that (somehow) the data partition is set to be active. Backup determines that the Active drive is the one to be included.
To de-activate the drive (which is dangerous because you may not be able to boot afterwards) use the diskpart utility:
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type: diskpart
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list disk (This command will list all the disks that you have)
4. In the next prompt, type: select disk # ( # means the number of the disk which contain the wrong active partition )
5. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list partition
6. Use the command: select partition # (# means the number of the partition that you want to mark as active)
7. Inactive the active partition with command: inactive
I wanted to find out why this happens sometimes and with some persistence, walla!
HTH
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