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"Error EC950006: Destination drive is not valid" occurs when attempting to restore an image to a smaller drive than the original source drive, or to a drive with limited unallocated space

Article: 100029761
Last Published: 2017-07-25
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Product(s): System Recovery

Problem

"Error EC950006: Destination drive is not valid" occurs when attempting to restore an image to a smaller drive than the original source drive, or to a drive with existing partitoins and limited unallocated space

Error Message

Error EC950006: Destination drive is not valid 

(example:)

 

Cause

This error message occurs if the unallocated space on the destination drive is not large enough to store the metadata of the file system ((Master File Table), Journal Log Files, File Attribute Lists, etc. ), as well as the image data.  This error can also occur the drive is large enough, but pre-existing data is present on the disk, resulting in not enough unallocated space to perform the restore.  If the existing partitions are not needed, they can be deleted and wiped from the drive to make all space on the drive available for restore operations.

Solution

The amount of space on the volume being restored to needs to be increased. Refer to the following article for more details:

https://www.veritas.com/docs/000025629
 
 
In addition, the error can occur if pre-existing partitions are present on the disk which causes there to not be enough unallocated space to perform the restore.  If the existing partitions are not needed, they can be deleted and wiped from the drive to make all space on the drive available for restore operations.  
 
 
How to delete a partition from the Veritas  Recovery Environment
(***Warning - the below steps will permanently delete data and is irreversible. Double-check before choosing to delete!)
 
From the console, click ANALYZE, then OPEN COMMAND SHELL WINDOW.
 
  1. Type: 

    diskpart
     
  2. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    list disk

    Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete the partition.
     
  3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    select diskn

    Select the disk n from which you want to delete the partition.
     
  4. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    list partition

    Make note of the number of the partition that you want to delete.
     
  5. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    select partition n

    Select the partition n that you want to delete.
     
  6. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    delete partition

 

How to wipe an entire drive in the Veritas  Recovery Environment
(***Warning - the below steps will permanently delete data and is irreversible. Double-check before choosing to delete!)
 
From the console, click ANALYZE, then OPEN COMMAND SHELL WINDOW.
 
  1. Type: 

    diskpart
     
  2. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    list disk

    Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete the partition.
     
  3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: 

    select disk n

    (where n is the drive number you want to wipe clean)
     
  4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

    clean
     
  5. The data on the selected drive will be destroyed. 

 

 

 

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