Message-ID: <882068638.803.1711653435794.JavaMail.Confluence$@Confluence> Subject: Exported From Confluence MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_Part_802_1482656829.1711653435793" ------=_Part_802_1482656829.1711653435793 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file:///C:/exported.html Removing a drive letter from the MS System Reserved partition</t= itle> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x640</o:TargetScreenSize> <o:PixelsPerInch>72</o:PixelsPerInch> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Print</w:View> <w:Zoom>90</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- @page Section1 { size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in; mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } table { border: solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; } table td, table th { border: solid 1px; padding: 5px; } td { page-break-inside: avoid; } tr { page-break-after: avoid; } div.Section1 { page: Section1; } /* Confluence print stylesheet. 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Ordinarily, this partition does not have a drive letter assigned t= o it. If a drive letter is assigned then this can cause problems with Micro= soft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).<br><br>If you receive the following = error (or similar) when the MSR partition is included in a disk image then = removing the drive letter association should resolve the issue:</p> <p><strong><span>Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot Result = Code: 0x8004231f</span></strong></p> <hr> <p>1. Start the Windows Disk Management Console. Click<strong> 'Start'</str= ong>, type<strong> 'diskmgmt.msc' </strong>(without quotes) and press <stro= ng>ENTER</strong>.<br>2. In the Windows that opens, right-click on the 'Sys= tem Reserved' partition in the lower pane and select <strong>'Change Drive = Letter and Paths..'</strong></p> <p><br><span class=3D"confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class=3D"confl= uence-embedded-image confluence-external-resource" src=3D"http://kb.macrium= .com/Uploads/Images/v5/msr1.jpg" data-image-src=3D"http://kb.macrium.com/Up= loads/Images/v5/msr1.jpg"></span></p> <p><span>3. In the dialog that opens, <strong>click the 'Remove' button</st= rong>.</span></p> <p><span class=3D"confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class=3D"confluenc= e-embedded-image confluence-external-resource" src=3D"http://kb.macrium.com= /Uploads/Images/v5/msr2.jpg" data-image-src=3D"http://kb.macrium.com/Upload= s/Images/v5/msr2.jpg"></span></p> <p>4. <strong>Close the Disk Management Consol</strong>e and restart Macriu= m Reflect.</p> <p>After removing the drive letter create a fresh image of your system incl= uding the MSR partition.</p> <hr> </div> </body> </html> ------=_Part_802_1482656829.1711653435793--