===== [V7] ISSUE: One of the volumes specified for backup is invalid because it is either not on a fixed drive, is not formatted NTFS/ReFS, or is read-only. (MS Windows System / System State backup) =====
Article ID:
5308
Reviewed:
2018-02-27
Product Version:
AhsayACB / AhsayOBM: 7.3.0.0 to 7.x
OS: Windows
ATTENTION
1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]
===== Problem Description =====
When performing a MS Windows System or System State backup, the following error message is displayed on the backup client interface, or in the backup report:
No. | Type | Timestamp | Log |
* | ... | ... | ... |
* | info | ... | [ ... ] "Retrieving volume information..." |
* | info | ... |
[ ... ] "One of the volumes specified for backup is invalid because it is either not
on a fixed drive, is not formatted NTFS/ReFS, or is read-only. |
* | info | ... |
[ ... ] "To convert the file system on a volume from FAT32 to NTFS, at an elevated
command prompt type:" |
* | info | ... |
[ ... ] "CONVERT |
* | erro | YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss | [ ... ] "[Error]" |
* | ... | ... | ... |
DISKPART> list volume |
convert ${drive_letter}: /fs:ntfs |