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06.04.2008 at 10:11AM PDT, ID: 23457509
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External hard drive letter assignment changes -  messing up backups

Asked by alanlsilverman in Windows XP Operating System

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I install Acronis True Image on many of my customers computers and then create automatic backups to external hard drives.  When I create the backup jobs I have to assign the task to the external drive based on drive letter. I have been finding that when some customers put in USB flash drives the drive letter assignments get changed and this messes up the automatic backups. What strategy can I implement to avoid this mix-up? If I make sure the external drive is installed into a USB port on the computer and not a hub, and if the customer keeps the drive plugged into the same port, would that keep the drive letter association?  
Thanks,
Al
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