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Mr.Generous
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Hi,
Small but annoying prob in W10, I use a remote HD to back up and ever since doing a backup (or it might have been an SD card in phone or sat nav device) the PC keeps opening a window saying something like reconnect your remote drive.
Is it because of my backup settings and I'm due to backup or just a general windows warning that a particular drive cant be found?
Any help appreciated.
Small but annoying prob in W10, I use a remote HD to back up and ever since doing a backup (or it might have been an SD card in phone or sat nav device) the PC keeps opening a window saying something like reconnect your remote drive.
Is it because of my backup settings and I'm due to backup or just a general windows warning that a particular drive cant be found?
Any help appreciated.
Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.
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Too scant in detail, more info needed as to the set up. For example is the drive a NAS drive or or just a USB drive plugged into the back of your router using the USB port.Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.0
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ok sorry, drive is a portable hd plugged into usb socket. I know that when I plug in a usb stick, kindle, sat nav etc they show as an additional drive so it could be any of them, all have been connected over the years to various computers but I never had warnings with any previous operating system until Win10.Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.0
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Have you ever mounted a USB drive within a folder on your main drive? I'm guessing that might lead to this message.0
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Or perhaps there is a scheduled backup set?4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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I'll copy and paste the message next time it comes up. It only ever happens when you are in the middle of something - such as 3 min chess!!Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.0
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Did you have a drive mapped to one of these devices that are no longer connected ?
Click the folder icon at the bottom, then click "this pc" on the left.
See what the computer is expecting to find0 -
It wouldn't be 'Could not reconnect all network drives', would it? That's what I get when I boot up in the morning ever since the big update to Win10 on Wednesday.
And, when I click 'This PC' in File Explorer, it shows a large red X by that drive. Oddly, however, if I click on it, I can access the drive, and then when I go back to 'This PC', it shows as accessible again.
However, my 'smart' backup software isn't backing up to the drive automatically any more, though I can use it to back up manually.0 -
Could be you've changed the drive letter of the backup medium.0
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