Excluding files from a partition

[Mr.X]

I want to make a full backup of an entire disk with the following layout and at the same time exclude all files from just one partition:

EFI System Partition
Microsoft Reserved Partition
C:
WinRE
D: ← exclude all files from this partition only
E:

How to.

[tas3086]

start image
select full backup
select the disk that you want to backup. select all partitions,
unselect the partition that you do not want to backup from the list of partitions
continue selecting options till you get past entering the backup location
select to display/save the backup command that you could use in the future to repeat the operation.
continue if you wish , good luck.

[Mr.X]

Thanks, but the above I already know.
but
If I do a full disk restore to a new drive, I'll lose partition D: layout, i.e., position, contiguity, size, etc.
If I do a full disk restore, I want such a partition to show up on my new disk even though it's empty.

Or am I missing something?

[Brian K]

It's no problem. When you do a multi-partition restore to a new empty drive it will leave an area of Free space where the D: drive should be. Just create a new partition in this space and you will have an empty D: drive where you wanted it.

[TeraByte Support]

you could use /exlist (but it applies to all partitions - so would have to be unique names).

[Mr.X]

It's no problem. When you do a multi-partition restore to a new empty drive it will leave an area of Free space where the D: drive should be. Just create a new partition in this space and you will have an empty D: drive where you wanted it.

I didn't know this, that IFW takes into account the unselected partition and creates such free space. Nice and great. Thanks Brian.

[Mr.X]

you could use /exlist (but it applies to all partitions - so would have to be unique names).

Yes I realized that. It would be awesome to have the option to apply /exlist to specific partitions, all the more so because I'd like to retain folder structure (truncated files) in some cases. Thanks.

[Brian K]

You probably have thought of this. Create a folder in the root...

D:\unique

Move everything into this folder. Then you just need this in myexcludes.txt

[t]\unique\ >

[Mr.X]

Thanks Brian, I'm going to think about it.