I am trying to create a system image today and although I only want to take a snapshot of the C:, my SSD storage pool is also grayed out and not available to de-select.  So basically the default settings to create the image include drives; c: , d:( ssd storage), and x:(efi system).  Like I said, these are all the ones that are checked by default and cannot be un-checked.  I do not want to backup the D: but somewhere along the way windows marked it as a necessary system drive probably because programs installed there have allocated files also to the C:. 

The error I am getting is "backup failed: one of the volumes is invalid because it is either not on a fixed drive, is not formatted NTFS, or is read only."  then it gives direction to convert fat32 to ntfs along with hexdec code (0x8078011D). 

So to sum it up, I am assuming I am getting the error because: 1: drive D is a MSFT storage pool/ storage space.  2: drive d is marked as necessary and cant be excluded from the backup.

I am no expert so could be way off base here but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

On another note:  if someone could link a site for information on booting either an @ home Windows 8.1 sys from iSCSI drive or booting with windows installed to storage space and efi files on seperate SSD(which i found out is possible but have not found much info as to how) I would really appreciate it.

Hi bda714,

" I do not want to backup the D: but somewhere along the way windows marked it as a necessary system drive probably because programs installed there have allocated files also to the C:. "

We could try to work with the command line "wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:E: -include:C:" (Replace "E" with the location you prefer)
Here is a link for reference of "Wbadmin start backup"
Wbadmin start backup
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742083.aspx

For the second question, it is recommended to open another case.
One case is concentrated on one issue. It will be very clear and convenient as a reference for the person who will come across the similar issue in the future.  Your understanding and cooperation is highly appreciated.

Best regards