I got a new backup drive to keep as a pseudo real-time backup device to my boot drive.
Most (almost all) information I'm finding leads me back to the Microsoft troubleshooting site for the error.
I've tried repartitioning the drive, formatting it, unpartitioning and trying BEFORE the format, all to no avail. I gave up and tried simply mirroring the drive with DriveImage XML and the "could not lock drive" keeps coming up.
My buddy says a good workaround is booting from a USB linux OS and simply mirroring without windows even open. I could do this, but I really would like the ease of use of automatic backup.
Can anyone lend any advice?
Most (almost all) information I'm finding leads me back to the Microsoft troubleshooting site for the error.
I've tried repartitioning the drive, formatting it, unpartitioning and trying BEFORE the format, all to no avail. I gave up and tried simply mirroring the drive with DriveImage XML and the "could not lock drive" keeps coming up.
My buddy says a good workaround is booting from a USB linux OS and simply mirroring without windows even open. I could do this, but I really would like the ease of use of automatic backup.
Can anyone lend any advice?