My HTPC is running a 128gb SSD for the boot drive and has two 3tb drives in a dynamic software mirrored raid that hold all of my data.
My intention is to have backup and restore make system images of the HTPC C:\ (SSD) drive and store them on the 3tb mirror. I also want to save images from my desktop and laptop to the same 3tb mirror (via network drive).
I set backup and restore on the HTPC and it appears to have made a ~19gb image of the SSD. This is the correct current used space, I can see the folder on the 3tb mirror it is saved in and found a VHD file that is the right size. However, after doing so I noticed a warning in the settings about dynamic disks.
WTF? Does this mean that I won't be able to restore from this image if it is on the mirror? Could restoring from this image break the mirror or cause data loss? I recently cloned to this same SSD from the old spinner that was in the machine (using ghost) and there were no issues with my 3tb mirror, why would this way of imaging the drive be any different?
My intention is to have backup and restore make system images of the HTPC C:\ (SSD) drive and store them on the 3tb mirror. I also want to save images from my desktop and laptop to the same 3tb mirror (via network drive).
I set backup and restore on the HTPC and it appears to have made a ~19gb image of the SSD. This is the correct current used space, I can see the folder on the 3tb mirror it is saved in and found a VHD file that is the right size. However, after doing so I noticed a warning in the settings about dynamic disks.
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When restoring a system image from this volume, the disks on your computer cannot be formatted to match the layout of the disks in the backup. To have full restore functionality, select a volume on a basic disk as your backup location.
WTF? Does this mean that I won't be able to restore from this image if it is on the mirror? Could restoring from this image break the mirror or cause data loss? I recently cloned to this same SSD from the old spinner that was in the machine (using ghost) and there were no issues with my 3tb mirror, why would this way of imaging the drive be any different?