Hotspare causing "Failed to read from the sector"

I have a drive setup as a hotspare which shows in Computer Management as "unreadable", when I start Acronis, it gives an error message: "Failed to read from the sector 0 of the hard disk 2" If I remove the drive as a hot-spare it works fine, but I would like to have the hot-spare.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Hello pdadmehr,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please collect the following information:

- Create Acronis Report and Windows System Information as it is described in Acronis Help Post;

- Make a screen shot of Windows Disk Management;

Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management;

- Find the full version name and build number as it is shown here;

Send all the collected files and information to support@acronis.com along with the link to this thread. We will investigate the problem and try to provide you with the solution.

Thank you.
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Alexey Popov