Langmeier Backup FAQ

Our backup is immune to changed drive letters

Problem – Why Does Windows Keep Changing Drive Letters?

Have you ever noticed that, seemingly without reason, Windows assigns different drive letters to your external hard drive? Suddenly, everything is different than before—and what is the result? Your data backup fails. As a savvy computer user, you will likely open your backup software and manually adjust the drive letters for your backup destinations. However, constantly having to reassign drive letters is both tedious and frustrating. Is there not an easier way to ensure your backups run smoothly?

The Solution

At Langmeier Backup, we have long recognized this issue and have provided a solution for you. Configure your PC backup so that the volume label (the name of the storage device) is used as the backup destination instead of the drive letter. By selecting the disk name rather than the drive letter, Langmeier Backup can always identify the correct storage device and perform the backup—regardless of which drive letter Windows assigns. This approach works seamlessly, even when you connect an external hard drive or insert a new storage device.

How to correctly fill in the backup destination in Langmeier Backup.

How to correctly fill in the backup destination in Langmeier Backup.

Tip for IT Support Professionals

It is especially important for you, as an IT support professional, to proactively avoid this problem. A small oversight can have significant consequences. Imagine a scenario where you have set up Langmeier Backup for a user. After some time, the user contacts you because their data backup is no longer working. Or perhaps you visit the client in person and discover that the drive letters of their external hard drives have been swapped. This situation can be easily prevented by leveraging this simple yet powerful feature in Langmeier Backup: use the volume label instead of the drive letter as the backup destination from the very beginning.

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