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2 questions: [1]Does fastboot need to be off , [2]disappearing backups - r0n - 10-01-2025
1)
Does fastboot need to be turned off before you make a system image or is it safe to leave it on and make a system image?
2)
I had this very strange thing happen when I made a system image which I had validated (checked) upon image-finish and did a re-check through Tools > check image, both times there where no errors. When I rebooted the machine the image was gone, like it was never made ...
The image was made on a drive that plenty free space and no type of encryption.
But:
- I used very long names with spaces and dashes (no special characters, just a-z, 0-9 and dash and underscore) but the image name was very long and the foldername in which the image was created also had a very long name.
- When I booted the system with linux-lite-usb I saw that the drive I tried to save the image on was read-only. The other drives on my system where normal read-write. In windows I can read/write normally on it. But in linux (live environment) and in hasleo usb-boot I could not place the created system image. But I find it strange that the image could be created successfully without errors and validation did not yield errors
The issue is probably due to above 2 points I mentioned above but I find it strange that the image was created successfully in the backup-suite.
Sidenote:
- All was done through the backup-suite usb live environment
- In following backup attempts after I made the image I went to the option to "restore" the image just to look if it actually existed, and in the backup-suite the image existed! But when booting to windows they where gone!
Windows 11 24H2
Backup suite Version 5.4.2.2 (usb live environment)
Regarding the disappearing image, the solution for me is: use short names and make backup on read-write drive.
The only "issue" for me is, why did the backups succeed with 2x validation? (one on the finish of image creation and one through tools > check image + checking if the image exists by going to "restore")
Apologies for the long text.