This scared the heck out of me! So much so, that I may never again use the Windows backup. I'm running Windows 7 x64 and last week created a disc image of my C drive just fine with the Windows 7 backup.It came out fine, but today, not even halfway through the backup, the progress meter turns red and freezes.
I then reboot and notice that my BIOS is not reading my second hard drive, the one with the partition on it that I was attempting to back up on. I played around with some things and eventually got it to boot again, then I tried creating another system image again and once again, everything froze up and again my BIOS would not boot my second hard drive.
Again I was able to play around with things and finally get the second hard drive it to show up in the boot. Now I don't dare touch Windows 7 backup until I investigate further. My first thought is that, how the heck could Windows Backup affect a hard drive from showing up in my boot?
Also, I did notice in "services" that the Windows Backup was not running and set on manual. I don't know if that could affect anything, but like I said, I'm a little gun shy about trying this again and looking into other backup options.
I then reboot and notice that my BIOS is not reading my second hard drive, the one with the partition on it that I was attempting to back up on. I played around with some things and eventually got it to boot again, then I tried creating another system image again and once again, everything froze up and again my BIOS would not boot my second hard drive.
Again I was able to play around with things and finally get the second hard drive it to show up in the boot. Now I don't dare touch Windows 7 backup until I investigate further. My first thought is that, how the heck could Windows Backup affect a hard drive from showing up in my boot?
Also, I did notice in "services" that the Windows Backup was not running and set on manual. I don't know if that could affect anything, but like I said, I'm a little gun shy about trying this again and looking into other backup options.