changing disk volume name

[Jo-Anne]

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

 

[JS]

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

 

[Big_Al]

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

C_DRIVE
D_DRIVE
320_GIG
USB_BACKUP
Yep, simple works for me too.

 

[Jo-Anne]

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

 

[Jo-Anne]

Thank you, Al! So I shouldn't worry about renaming. It's not going to cause
problems--right?

Jo-Anne

 

[JS]

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]

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

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

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]

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS

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

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

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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[Jo-Anne]

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive names as
Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or naming, actually),
they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does that make sense? I'm sure I
didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm trying to do is new to me, so I
may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS

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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[JS]

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked and
never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and the names
make sense to you five years from now then your choice of names is what
important and meaningful to you, that and only that is what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive names
as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or naming,
actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does that make
sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm trying to do
is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS

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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[Jo-Anne]

Actually, to the guy who did it, I think it means SATA drive, partition 1, C
drive letter (he kept the drive letter that way because the backup program
changes drive letters in the restore, and he wanted to be sure he knew which
real drive was being referenced). Anyway, I do understand that the name
should be simple and something that will make sense to me down the line.

Jo-Anne

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked and
never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and the
names make sense to you five years from now then your choice of names is
what important and meaningful to you, that and only that is what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C
partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive names
as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or naming,
actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does that make
sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm trying to do
is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS


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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[JS]

I though about it after I sent the post and then realized it could also mean
"Partition 1" as it does in your case.

JS

Actually, to the guy who did it, I think it means SATA drive, partition 1,
C drive letter (he kept the drive letter that way because the backup
program changes drive letters in the restore, and he wanted to be sure he
knew which real drive was being referenced). Anyway, I do understand that
the name should be simple and something that will make sense to me down
the line.

Jo-Anne

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked and
never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and the
names make sense to you five years from now then your choice of names is
what important and meaningful to you, that and only that is what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C
partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive names
as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or naming,
actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does that make
sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm trying to do
is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS


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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[Lil' Dave]

So, I'm confused here reading the thread. The volume name, from what I can
determine is the same as the label name for a partition, not a physical hard
drive. Why would one rename a windows backup boot partition? Its rather
obvious if the backup partition is on another physical hard drive. And,
can't be visible to the original XP if booting is desired on the alternate
physical hard drive.

--
Dave

I though about it after I sent the post and then realized it could also
mean "Partition 1" as it does in your case.

JS

Actually, to the guy who did it, I think it means SATA drive, partition
1, C drive letter (he kept the drive letter that way because the backup
program changes drive letters in the restore, and he wanted to be sure he
knew which real drive was being referenced). Anyway, I do understand that
the name should be simple and something that will make sense to me down
the line.

Jo-Anne

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked and
never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and the
names make sense to you five years from now then your choice of names is
what important and meaningful to you, that and only that is what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C
partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive
names as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or
naming, actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does
that make sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm
trying to do is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS


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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[Jo-Anne]

Hi, Dave,

I'm just a newbie trying to get everything right. Here's where I was told to
"identify your drives via unique disk volume names assigned by you as
detailed in Link 1 below. Relying on just drive letters will cause confusion
as these will differ when using TI [Acronis True Image] in Rescue mode."

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/supportfiles/gh-acronis-backup1.pdf

The link referred to is at

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/supportfiles/unique-drive-naming.pdf

Jo-Anne

So, I'm confused here reading the thread. The volume name, from what I
can determine is the same as the label name for a partition, not a
physical hard drive. Why would one rename a windows backup boot
partition? Its rather obvious if the backup partition is on another
physical hard drive. And, can't be visible to the original XP if booting
is desired on the alternate physical hard drive.

--
Dave

I though about it after I sent the post and then realized it could also
mean "Partition 1" as it does in your case.

JS

Actually, to the guy who did it, I think it means SATA drive, partition
1, C drive letter (he kept the drive letter that way because the backup
program changes drive letters in the restore, and he wanted to be sure
he knew which real drive was being referenced). Anyway, I do understand
that the name should be simple and something that will make sense to me
down the line.

Jo-Anne

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked
and never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and
the names make sense to you five years from now then your choice of
names is what important and meaningful to you, that and only that is
what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C
partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive
names as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or
naming, actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does
that make sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm
trying to do is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS


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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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

 

[Lil' Dave]

As noted in the latter link, the hard disk is noted, then, the partition
size(s) within that hard disk. And, is referring to image recovery.
Therefore, you're talking about the target partition location for imaging;
and, consequential location differentiation between XP partition lettering
and TI's partition lettering at image recovery time.

You will certainly know which hard disk the image is on. Even if the hard
disk containing the recovery image has multiple partitions, a little trial
and error in seeking the image will quickly locate that image since only
image files show when doing that seek at the root of each partition.

Since your recovery is on an external drive, its even more simple for
locating. For onboard partition naming, I choose the purpose of that
partition regarding a name. I always name each partition that way. And, I
refuse to call them volume names. And, dislike falling into exchanges
referring to drive letters as they are actually partition letter
designations.

--
Dave

Hi, Dave,

I'm just a newbie trying to get everything right. Here's where I was told
to "identify your drives via unique disk volume names assigned by you as
detailed in Link 1 below. Relying on just drive letters will cause
confusion as these will differ when using TI [Acronis True Image] in
Rescue mode."

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/supportfiles/gh-acronis-backup1.pdf

The link referred to is at

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/supportfiles/unique-drive-naming.pdf

Jo-Anne

So, I'm confused here reading the thread. The volume name, from what I
can determine is the same as the label name for a partition, not a
physical hard drive. Why would one rename a windows backup boot
partition? Its rather obvious if the backup partition is on another
physical hard drive. And, can't be visible to the original XP if booting
is desired on the alternate physical hard drive.

--
Dave

I though about it after I sent the post and then realized it could also
mean "Partition 1" as it does in your case.

JS

Actually, to the guy who did it, I think it means SATA drive, partition
1, C drive letter (he kept the drive letter that way because the backup
program changes drive letters in the restore, and he wanted to be sure
he knew which real drive was being referenced). Anyway, I do understand
that the name should be simple and something that will make sense to me
down the line.

Jo-Anne

If the names you have chosen make sense to you now and if you parked
and never used your PC for the next 5 years and then booted it up and
the names make sense to you five years from now then your choice of
names is what important and meaningful to you, that and only that is
what counts.

In short 'SATA-P1_C' tells me that it's a SATA drive, Cable #1, C
partition.

JS

Sorry! What I meant was that the example showed the original drive
names as Local Disk (C, Local Disk (D, etc. After renaming (or
naming, actually), they became SATA-P1_C (C, SATA-P2_D (D. Does
that make sense? I'm sure I didn't express it well. A lot of what I'm
trying to do is new to me, so I may get the phrasing wrong.

Jo-Anne

"From the example I saw, I'd guess that's why the new name
included the original drive letter."

Not certain exactly what you meant by "new name", could you clarify.

JS


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

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


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

I named it: Backups
Keeps it simple and straight forward.

JS

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