[Leica] External Hard Drives

[Andrew Wyllie]

While a whole house generator can be worth while investment - you should still fix your computer so it does not have this issue.  I think the discussion on this web forum may help you assign letters to the drives and have the letters stick - even if you move the drive to another computer!  Worth a hot anyway https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/external-backup-drive-letter-designation-windows.37501/

Andrew

> On May 3, 2024, at 11:26 AM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> The computer is plugged into the APC power backup but when the power goes
> out, everything goes out.
> 
> I guess it's not working and I need to investigate that.  It's pretty old.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us <mailto:reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>>
> wrote:
> 
>> Connected to what? If there is backup power, then the computer shouldn't
>> be aware of the outage.
>> The drive letters are determined by the computer and not by the drives,
>> so the computer is what needs to be plugged into an APC.
>> 
>> On 2024-05-03 07:57, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
>>> I have an APC power backup connected but it doesn't help!
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:55 AM Sonny Carter via LUG
>>> <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have back ups power supplies on mine and never had that happen.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sonny
>>>> www.SonC.Com/Look
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 9:45 AM Tina Manley via LUG
>>>> <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> LUG:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Every time the power goes out, as it did this morning, when it comes
>> back
>>>>> on all of my 7 external hard drives have changed their designation
>> letter
>>>>> arbitrarily.  It really messes up my LR catalog and takes hours to
>> fix.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Current (G) becomes Current (J) and all photos in LR have to be
>> "found"
>>>>> again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there any way to permanently assign these designations so they
>> don't
>>>>> change??
>>>>> 
>>>>> TIA
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tina
>>>>> 
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