Backup to wrong harddisk
Backup Location is set to F:\My backups
For a few weeks everything was ok.
Today I discoverd: Acronis wrote not to F:\My backups anymore, but to J:\My backups, which is an external USB Disk holding a copy of the Backup-Files, but still shows F:\My backups in the setup!
Very strange behavior....
Is F an internal or external?
As Scott indicated, I prefer to assign x or y or z as my drive letters to my externals. Doing so will enable they to have a static drive letter so the insertion of other devices does not change the drive letter.
I would suggest you start over with a new task and cease to use the old task. It is contaminated if it make a mistake. Create a new task and point to a new empty storage folder.
While you are doing the maintenance, if your drive C does not have a name assigned, now would be a good time to make the correction. I like to include my drive letter as part of the name, such as Win7_C or XPPro_C
The conventions vary a bit from one place to the next and over time but typically A and B are reserved for Floppy Disks (whatever those are -- ask Grandpa) and the rest of the front of the alphabet are used for local internals and the end of the alphabet for network drives -- although Novell (again, ask grandpa) used from F forward as network drive assignments, which messed things up for those with more than two internal drives or USB drives or both. Local externals typically will be assigned the remainder of the front or else the middle of the alphabet, somewhere in between internals and network drives where there won't be any overlap. The conventions are not religiously observed. You can use any convention you want but guard against overlap. Naming drives is always a good idea and including the drive letter in the name of an internal drive is a great idea. However, I wouldn't do it for external drives because it might not coincide with the drive letter when connected to a different machine.
Scott,
I find it beneficial to also include the drive letter on the external drive as well. It serves as a reminder to me that a task needs that letter and it also serves as a reminder to me ( if used on another computer) to check the actual drive letter assigned so I can make any corrections--if needed. I find having the drive letter on the external is more of a help than a hindrance.