Win8 solves the trouble of system image production

In the Windows 8.1 system, I wanted to back up the system data by making a system image of the C drive. However, the system forced the data disk D to be selected at the time of production, and the selection cannot be deselected. Backup (Figure 1). To know that the data stored in the D drive is not useful for system backup, so backup is purely redundant! So, what is the cause of this problem? How to strip the data partition D, only the image of the system partition C?

(Figure 1: Image Backup forcibly selects Data Disk D)

Tip:

System Image is a copy of the drive required to run Windows. In Windows 8.1, although there is no control panel project to create a system image, this function has not been canceled, and the corner can be found. To make a system image backup in Windows 8.1, simply right-click on the Start button and select the "Control Panel" item. Click on "All File Controls" in the "Control Panel Items" column and click on "File History". In the file history window that is open, click on the system image backup in the lower left corner (Figure 2) to enter the system image creation window. The image file can be saved on the hard disk, on the DVD, or on the network (Figure 3). When you need to recover, just click the “Restore" button in the lower left corner of the <quo;File History” window.

(Figure 2: Creating an entry for system image backup)

(Figure 3: Storage location for image file diversification)

1. Analysis of the cause of anomalies

From Figure 1, we can see that although the D drive is the user data data disk, in the drive option to create the system image window, the D drive is marked with the system & rdquo; The program recognizes the D drive as a system disk. The cause of this phenomenon is most likely due to system-related files in the disk. We only need to find these files and deal with them to solve the problem.

Tip:

Right-click on the Start button and select “Disk Management”Go to Disk Management, select the D drive, and observe the partition status displayed in the “Status” column. You can determine which partition the D drive is recognized by the system (Figure 4). As can be seen, the D disk is identified as a system partition.

(Figure 4: Viewing the partitioning nature of the D drive)

2. The specific solution for the solution

(1) Whether the user folder is migrated

“User” under the folder "Video", "pictures", ", documents", ", music", and other folders are stored in the same partition as the system disk. However, these folders support transfer to other partitions. If you have previously set up these folders to transfer to the D drive, then it is likely that the backup program will recognize the D drive as a system drive.

To identify and resolve this problem, simply right-click on these folders and select “Properties> in the <quo;Location" tab of the Properties window, you will see the file. Whether the clip is pointed to the D drive. If you are on the D drive, you can reset it back to the C drive.

(Figure 5: User Folder Settings)

(2) Whether the virtual page file is on the D drive

The virtual page file of the system is the same as the system disk by default. In partitions, but Windows also supports redirection of virtual page files. We often point our system virtual files to another drive, either by ourselves or by tools, due to space issues or efficiency issues. If this is the case, the system backup program may also identify the partition that stores the virtual page file as a system partition and back it up together.

Whether this is the case, we only need to enter the system settings window through “ control panel → system & rdquo; click on the left side of the "advanced system settings" (Figure 6); Then click on the “Settings” button in the “Advanced” tab in the “System Properties” window and click on the “Settings” button (see Figure 7); then click on the “Performance Options” window. In the "Advanced" tab, the "Virtual Memory & Rarr; Change" button (Figure 8); in the "Virtual Memory" window, we can see if there is a current system in the D drive. The page file, if any, you can change the page file back to the C drive.

(Figure 6: Enter Advanced System Settings)

(Figure 7: Select System Performance Settings)

(Figure 8: Change Virtual Memory Settings)

Tip:

We can also remove the property selection of system files and hidden files through the folder options window, and see if there is pagefile.sys hiberfil.sys swapfile.sys in the root directory of the D drive. System related files. If so, you can delete it.

(3) Whether to install the software on the D drive

We know that when installing the software, the system usually installs the software in the Program Files folder of the system disk by default. However, if the user has customized the software installation path, then the software can be installed in the Program Files folder of the D drive. This will also cause the system to misjudge the disk partition.

To find out the truth, we just need to go to the D drive to see if there is a Program Files folder. If there is a Program Files folder, and there are already installed software and it is needed by yourself, you can move the software to the C drive through the moving tool. You can also record the software name first, and then reinstall it in the C drive after uninstalling.

Tip:

If there is an empty Program Files folder in the D drive, it will also affect the system backup program to identify the partition type. At this point, you can delete the Program Files folder and then perform a system image backup.

After eliminating the above situation, you can perform a system image backup.