usb flash drive not a valid backup location for system image

Anonymous
2013-08-14T13:07:06+00:00

OK, Microsoft continuing to confuse me and others it would seem.

Tried to make system image to USB flash drive in Windows 8 and Yes it would not work. It States " the drive is not a valid backup location ".

Yes its formatted to NTFS. and I have read various sites where it gives instructions how and ive read sites and Microsoft who seem to have conflicting statements.

Please can someone HELP all I want to do is go to windows 7 file recovery in windows 8 - press make system image - select usb drive and sit back.

Windows for home | Other | Recovery and backup

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T13:48:54+00:00

    No kidding, I specifically bought a usb 64gb to back up my hp laptop.  Try to do a backup, and now they tell me it won't read the drive, and I purchased a TB external drive for my sons gaming computer.  I just switched from Apple to a nice HP pavilion.  Just got this computer 3 days ago.  Now Microsoft wants us to buy separate external drives for every computer we own.  What a joke, I should just pack it up and send it back, and spend the money on a MacBook.   Everything is one, two, three more steps with Microsoft, they have to complicate everything.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-09T16:11:02+00:00

    What are the steps to restore the system image?  The recovery DVD does not "find" the image contained in the folder.  Moved the data to the root and tried again - Windows Recover does not "find" or display the image.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-17T02:26:45+00:00

    Claus,

    Finally a solution, and easy to do. It works perfectly! Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T18:40:33+00:00

    thank you Claus for taking the time to post this, worked great

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-28T02:55:14+00:00

    27 Jan 15

    Hi UPSPilot,

    Thanks for your helpful comments and your offer to send along a PDF file on How To Guide ...

    When you have a moment, would you send it to DCuser at hotmail?

    With appreciation .

    DC

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