✎ [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) [Ahsay Wiki]

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===== [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) =====

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  Reviewed:
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  2018-02-27
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 AhsayACB / AhsayOBM: 7.3.0.0 to 7.x
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 OS: Windows
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===== Problem Description =====
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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:
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 <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="850">
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   <td bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #C0C0C0  1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    No.
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   <td bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #C0C0C0  1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    Type
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   <td bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #C0C0C0  1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    Timestamp
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   <td bgcolor="#E8E8E8" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    Log
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  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    ...
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     info
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
   [ ... ] "Retrieving volume information..."
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  </tr>  
  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     info
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
   [ ... ] "One of the volumes specified for backup is invalid because it is either not 
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   on a fixed drive, is not formatted NTFS/ReFS, or is read-only.
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  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     info
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
   [ ... ] "To convert the file system on a volume from FAT32 to NTFS, at an elevated 
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   command prompt type:"
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  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     info
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
   [ ... ] "CONVERT <volumeletter> /FS:NTFS"
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   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     <font color=red>erro</font>
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
     <font color=red>YYYY/MM/DD
     hh:mm:ss</font>
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   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
   <font color=red>[ ... ] "[Error]"</font>
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  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    *
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="top">
    ...
   </td>
   <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="BORDER-LEFT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #C0C0C0 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #C0C0C0 1px solid" valign="middle">
    ...
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===== Cause =====
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This issue will occur if one of the source volume selected for the backup (system reserved or recovery partition) is not formatted in NTFS or ReFS.
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To display a list of volumes in a disk:
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<li><font color=black>Open an elevated command prompt, run diskpart.</font></li>
<li><font color=black>Enter the following command:<br>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
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     <td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: black">
      <font size=2 color=white>DISKPART> list volume</font>
     </td>
    </tr>
   </table> 
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</li>
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===== Resolution =====
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To resolve the issue, convert the corresponding volume to NTFS format:
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<li><font color=black>Open an elevated command prompt.</font></li>
<li><font color=black>Enter the following command (drive_letter is the letter of the drive to be converted):
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
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      <font size=2 color=white>convert ${drive_letter}: /fs:ntfs </font>
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   </table> 
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</li>
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Note:<br>
Command Reference (<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143749">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143749</a>).
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===== Keywords =====
ntfs, refs, readonly, fixed, systemstate, system, state, ad, image
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