AOMEI Backupper cannot find the system partition (solution)

This step-by-step tutorial will show you what to do when AOMEI Backupper cannot find the system partition when creating a system image backup on Windows 10 or 11.

You can try the solution on this page if you want to create a system image backup with AOMEI Backupper but get the following error message: The program did not find the system partition. Please reboot the system and try again.

AOMEI Backupper cannot find the system partition (solution)

  1. Open Windows Security by clicking the small shield icon located in the system tray.
    Open Windows Security in Windows 10
    Open Windows Security in Windows 11
  2. Click Device security.
    Device security
  3. Click Core isolation details.
    Core isolation details
  4. Turn off Memory integrity.
    Turn off Memory integrity in Windows 10 and 11
  5. Restart your PC.

You can enable the 'Memory integrity' feature again after the backup.

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