Cant create system image to my 2nd internal hdd?

nednerbish

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So ive never backed up my almost 1yo pc yet and feel i need to asap. I have 3 drives in my pc. 1 ssd(c), 2x 1tbhdd(d,e). I have windows and important programs on my ssd and only use about 70gb of it. the d drive is 1tb and i use it for gaming and its full, my e drive is for pics and vids and i only have about 150gb used of the 1tb. I wanted to create a system image to the e drive since theres a ton of room left but windows stops the backup and says there isnt enough room on it. It does make the shortcut on the drive for the image and it gets to about 20% give or take. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated as i dotn know a lot about backing up and drives. Do i need to create a partition? Should i just wait and buy a 1tb external hdd?