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I have Windows 10 installed on Drive C and Virtual Box installed on Drive F which are two physical drives and not one drive with multiple drives. When I run the 'Create a system image' via Windows 10, Drive C is selected and Drive F. I've not installed any operating system in Virtual Box, so why is the Windows 'Create a system image' option also selecting Drive F.

Any help would be appreciated,

sms1295

This appears to be a question about Windows 10 not Virtualbox, and therefore more suitable for a Microsoft forum. (It's rather like having a problem with Windows and asking about it on Logitech's forum because there's a Logitech mouse being used. )

If I were to guess, which is all I could do, it might be because of this:

sms1295 wrote:Virtual Box installed on Drive F

If Windows reads where its installed programs are and finds one on a different physical disk, it might add that disk to the image so the installed program can be preserved.

Installing Virtualbox on a different drive should not force the guests to that drive. Virtualbox should be installed in its default location on the C drive, then use the main Virtualbox window's File menu, Preferences, General, Default Machine Folder to put new guests on a desired drive.

Also, be sure to test restoring that backup image to a different PC drive. Microsoft's backup images have been known to not work well. Macrium Reflect Free works perfectly on Windows PCs. (not a shill, but a long-time happy user)

My guess on the Windows question is that the boot files are one one drive and the OS on another. This can happen in many ways. One example would be if you install an SSD for your OS but the original installation was on the HDD. Macrium, mentioned earlier, has a built-in option to back up all drives Windows needs for a successful restore.

All,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I've posted the same question on a couple of windows forums without a response, so that is the reason for trying here. I'll need to dig deeper into understanding how the 'Create a system image' works.

I'm new to this forum and I don't see the option to mark my question as 'Resolved'. If you could show me where or mark the question as 'Resolved', I would appreciate it.

Thank you again,

sms1295