Cannot restore system image to a new SSD drive - "excluded disk" error

[pksky]

Using the instructions at this link, I am unable to restore a system image to a new SSD PCIeX4 drive,How to restore a Windows 10 system image to an existing or larger storage deviceI get the following error:This pops up after I am warned that everything in the target disk is about to be erased. In this attempt, I had cleared the SSD drive using the CLEAR command in DISKPART according to suggestion elsewhere. With an actual disk partition, I get other excluded disk errors.What is going on? How do I restore a system image to my new drive?

Continue reading...