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    HI,
      Had a problem with my lap top and had no other option but to start over with a complete restore.  After reading of many problems others have had, I was worried.  Well, I got lucky.  WHS restored the lap top complete.  Everything was back just as it should be.  Or, well, maybe not.  After checking as much as I could to see if everything was OK, I did a new backup.  WHS started the BU and stopped after about 12 minutes.  BU listed as not complete.  Looking at the info for the failed backup I had this information:
                      capacity   location    status
    (local disk)  15.6 GB    missing    failed
    c:  Drive C  133.5 GB   internal   complete

    The drive partition that states "local disk" should be drive D      It is drive D in file explorer.
    Something must be "wrong" to prevent WHS from backing this unit up.
    Any thoughts???

    R.T.
    Saturday, April 25, 2009 2:20 AM

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      Well, I sort of have this problem fixed.  I dumped everything and started over.  This time I made sure the C drive and the D drive were setup with the exact same size as they were.  The restore went well and everything is back where it should be.  But, when I did a backup, it failed.  Looking at the backups it showed a C drive and two D drives!  So, I unchecked the second D drive to not back it up and ran another backup.  This one completed w/o any errors.  I still can not figure why it shows those two D drives.  When I go to file explorer and check out the D drive it shows it is only using about 7 1/2 GB of the 15 available.   What that second D drive is is anyones guess.  It does not show in explorer.    ???

    R.T.
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Saturday, May 9, 2009 3:57 PM
    • Marked as answer by R.T._CAT Saturday, May 9, 2009 5:33 PM
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:53 PM

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    Hi,
    is that partition the laptop makers recovery partition which revealed itself after restore and was not visible before? In this case unassign the drive letter in disk management console and exclude it from backup in the console.

    If not, an idea would be to copy the data on that volume to somewhere else (subfolder on C: or a shared folder on the home server), delete the volume, create a new one, format it with NTFS and copy the data back. Should be faster than running chkdsk d: /f /r.

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf

    Saturday, April 25, 2009 11:28 AM
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    If the partition has changed in size, or is new (because the new disk is that much bigger than the old and you didn't choose to use the entire disk for C:) then backup may not treat it as the same disk. In this case, you will need to go through the backup configuration wizard to set the "missing" drive to not back up, and the new D: to be backed up in it's place.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:09 PM
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    Olaf,
      If I understand you correctly, Yes, the lap top had a C and D drive.  The D did not appear from nowhere.  Your idea of deleting and restoring is interesting and I will keep it in mind.

    Ken,
      Not a new larger drive.  It is the same one.  I set it up as it was with C at 133GB abd D at 15GB then did the restore.  I will look into the config wizard and see what is there.

    Thanks Guys.

    R.T.
    Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:18 PM
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    I'm betting that your D: partition is a slightly different size (maybe only a few bytes). There are several ways this could come about, usually as a result of resizing partitions (using a tool such as Acronis Disk Director) or migrating to a new drive (using a tool like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image). If you see a D: partition that's being backed up, and this partition that's not, then just flag this one as "not backed up" and don't worry about it.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:47 PM
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    I'm betting that your D: partition is a slightly different size (maybe only a few bytes). There are several ways this could come about, usually as a result of resizing partitions (using a tool such as Acronis Disk Director) or migrating to a new drive (using a tool like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image). If you see a D: partition that's being backed up, and this partition that's not, then just flag this one as "not backed up" and don't worry about it.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)

    Ken,
      That may be the problem.  I've been busy for a few days.  I took a copy(legal) of Partition Magic and ran it.  It stated there were errors.  The "C" partition started at 33 when it should have been 0 or 1.  And the "D" was longer than the partition.  This is "funny" because the wizzard on the restore CD created those partitions.  When I find some time, I am going to start over and let "magic" set up the partitions and attempt a restore at that time.  Will let all know of results.

    R.T.
    Friday, May 1, 2009 12:37 AM
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    Hi,
    the wizard for restoring PCs does not create new volumes. Already existing volumes will be offered or you will have to create them yourself with the integrated disk management.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:55 PM
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      Well, I sort of have this problem fixed.  I dumped everything and started over.  This time I made sure the C drive and the D drive were setup with the exact same size as they were.  The restore went well and everything is back where it should be.  But, when I did a backup, it failed.  Looking at the backups it showed a C drive and two D drives!  So, I unchecked the second D drive to not back it up and ran another backup.  This one completed w/o any errors.  I still can not figure why it shows those two D drives.  When I go to file explorer and check out the D drive it shows it is only using about 7 1/2 GB of the 15 available.   What that second D drive is is anyones guess.  It does not show in explorer.    ???

    R.T.
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Saturday, May 9, 2009 3:57 PM
    • Marked as answer by R.T._CAT Saturday, May 9, 2009 5:33 PM
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:53 PM
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    Hi,
    there are two D: drives in the selection, because Windows Home Server cannot distinguish between a disk removed forever and a disk only not available temporary (i.e. you could use hot swap or USB disks on the client). Also if the drive would be removed from the PC without warning, a drive error might been missed until it is too late, or the ability to restore data backed up from this drive could be affected.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Friday, May 8, 2009 7:22 AM
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    Hummmm,  Interesting.  The best thing is that all is working OK now.

    R.T.
    Saturday, May 9, 2009 2:24 AM