Re: changing disk volume name
- From: "Jo-Anne" <naples@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:11:51 -0500
Thank you, JS! That's exactly the kind of information I need. I have the
impression from what I've read so far that Acronis will use the name you
choose but may well change the drive letter in restoring. Hence the need to
name the drive. From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter.
Jo-Anne
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:u5Uu2Zx1IHA.2068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yep, Big Al's USB_BACKUP is a better choice.
Changing a drives Volume name is not an issue.
However it is possible that changing the Drive Letter
could be an issue depending on what installed or located on the USB drive.
Applications installed on the USB drive would hiccup with a
drive letter change, but data files should not be a problem.
Image backup files may or may not be an issue (see below)
depending on how the image backup application locates
where the image files are stored.
I understand you are using Acronis,
I use Ghost and one file and it's contents that
Ghost creates and uses contains the following entries:
[RecoveryPointStorageLocation]
J:\Ghost 052208=.
J:\Ghost 053008=.
J:\Ghost 053008D=.
J:\Ghost 060708=.
J:\Ghost 060808=.
J:\Ghost 060808D=.
J:\Ghost 062308=.
[TimeZoneInformation]
Bias=300
TimeZoneName=Eastern Standard Time
As you can see it has no reference to the drive's Volume name
(Which is named 'Backup' on my PC)
but it does reference the drive letter where my image backups
are stored.
J: is the drive letter and 'Ghost 052208' is the folder name
I created and is where the actual image file is created and stored.
The 052208 as part of the folder name represents
the date the image was created, this makes it easy for me
to see when backup were created without actually loading Ghost.
In addition I also create a 'readme.txt' file in each folder
using Notepad that tells me why the backup was made.
Example of readme.txt file I created:
"Prior to Verizon ActionTec Router replacement - 5/30/08
and new Intel PWLA8391GT PRO/1000 NIC card install".
JS
"Jo-Anne" <naples@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O$t8U$w1IHA.4572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you, JS, but the reference is to the actual drive name for the
internal hard drive and its partitions, so Backup would be a little
strange, wouldn't it?
Jo-Anne
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:OBL1Bsw1IHA.2064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.
JS
"Jo-Anne" <naples@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:urr8bjw1IHA.1768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm slowly working my way through the manual for a new backup/imaging
program to be used on my Windows XP SP3 computer. One recommendation is
to change the disk volume names to unique descriptive names because
restoring from backups might otherwise be confusing. In one example,
Local Disk partitions were changed to SATA P1_C (C:), SATA P2_D (D:),
etc.
Since I'm nervous about making changes, I just want to make sure I
won't be causing a problem by doing it. So...is this an OK thing to do?
If so, should I also name my external drives?
Thank you!
Jo-Anne
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