Unallocated partition on Basic GPT
Hi,
Have just downloaded Aomei standard for Windows 10.
The System Backup of the SSD looks to have performed correctly. The program shows it as having 3 partitions, although I only have 2 .adi files on the external HDD. Would this be correct?
The second question is in regard to Disk Backup. The program shows my data HDD as Disk0 Basic GPT 931.51GB having 2 partitions with one showing 931.39GB Unallocated with 0.0 KB Used Space, and the other 128MB Unformatted with 0.0 KB Used Space. Underneath it then repeats exactly the same information as Disk1.
Windows shows this drive to have 230 GB of used space.
When I run the backup it takes only seconds and saves a 28MB .adi file.
The only information I have been able to find regarding unallocated disks or partitions referred to them being from another OS which this is not.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
Thanks
denisd
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28 MB adi file of 230 GB space can never be correct. It should roughly be 80-90% so like 180-200 GB. Delete the backup task in the Home tab and delete the adi files (you probably should have 1 per backup action). Try again making a system backup or may be better, disk backup. Dou you have enough space on the destination disk?
Yes 500GB available.
Have deleted both backup tasks in the home tab, but interestingly it only removed the system backup from the external drive not the disk backup.
After deleting it with Windows, I repeated the disk backup of Disk0 & Disk1 with the same result - 28 MB adi.
For some reason the program
a) does not recognise the HDD as drive
or it having any data.
b) duplicates the drive as Disk0 & Disk1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gv6qzt4yd5of67p/Screenshot 2017-07-07 12.26.30.jpg?dl=0
Disk2 is your system and Windows 10 disk. Disk0 and disk1 are data disks.
What would happen if you connect the current disk2 to Sata port 0, so disk2 becomes disk0? Normally the boot disk is connected to the first Sata port. I don't know if that has anything to do with your problem, but it's a free try.
Hi @JohnnyboyGo
I changed the Sata connections and still had the same result with Backupper reading the data disk as unallocated.
I also noticed that there actually were 2 x 1TB HDDs and on further investigation found it is a mirrored storage pool.
It therefore seems that Backupper may not work with a software RAID.
Am I right or is there a workaround for this?
Are they mirrored dynamic volumes? Can you upload screenshots of Disk Management and AOMEI Backupper?
Both Disk Management and AOMEI Backupper say Basic
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gv6qzt4yd5of67p/Screenshot 2017-07-07 12.26.30.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7k35rs1op2n3c99/Screenshot 2017-07-09 13.26.45.jpg?dl=0
Only Windows Storage Spaces recognised the mirror
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7s7m4t24264ikq/Screenshot 2017-07-09 13.51.42.jpg?dl=0
PS How do I insert screen shots?
Thanks
Yes, Backupper doesn't support Storage Pool at present.
Thanks guys for the assistance. Please let me know once Backupper supports Storage Pool.