Backup Schedule Wizard does not recognise backup drive

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Hi all

Just done a reinstall of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and fully backed up drive C:\ to a clean drive E:\ as a dedicated backup drive.

The Backup Schedule Wizard fails when the "Backup to a hard disk that is..." option is selected, error message being "No disks are available for use as...".

Drive E:\ is available in Windows Explorer.

What's missing please?

TIA

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.co.uk
motrac.co.uk

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Suspect the configuration of this particular server, used for development purposes only, may be the problem.

The backup drive is an IDE drive seen as drive 0.

The drive on which the server is installed is a SATA drive and seen as drive 1, which may be why the backup drive remains visible after the initial backup.

Before the reinstallation there were 2 SATA drives and the backup was going to drive 1, server installed on drive 0, and the drive would dissapear from Windows Explorer.

If this configuration is the problem, any workaround, please?

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.co.uk
motrac.co.uk

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Chose "Backup to a volume" option.

Added drive E: as the target and schedule created.

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.co.uk
motrac.co.uk