What is Acronis Drive?
Hello,
I'm backing up my smartphone (LG G6) to my PC (Windows 10) using Acronis TM 2017. The default backup location is C:\ProgramData\Acronis Mobile Backup Data, which I can change, move etc. But when I click Browse button under this backup in Acronis TM, I get to Windows 10(O:)/LG G6 VS988 folder, which is located on the drive listed as Acronis Drive under Network locations in my Windows Explorer.
What is Acronis Drive? Where it's located? Cannot find any information on it.
Thank you.


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In reply to Peter, welcome to these User… by truwrikodrorow…

Thank you. This article tells how to change Acronis drive letter, but I still don't quite understand what is Acronis drive and where it is located - on my PC, in the Cloud? When I search for "Acronis drive", I only get answers about Acronis Drive Monitor, which is irrelevant.
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It definitely is not associated with backing up to the cloud. As far as I am aware it only needed if you are backing up to a PC. (I do not have a supported NAS so I cannot be sure if it also applies if you back up to a NAS, but my initial view is that it does not.) From earlier discussion it appears that Acronis maps the directory containing the backup to a drive letter, which I suppose makes access easier - I have not used backing up to a computer for a long time so I cannot be of more assistance.
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In reply to It definitely is not… by truwrikodrorow…

Thank you. I wonder where it's located - I have two hard drives, and I even cannot determine where is Acronis Drive.
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Peter, it is a virtual drive created by using SUBSTR which in turn just points to the location set for storing mobile backups. See the KB document I referred to in my first reply for this topic.
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OK, thank you.
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