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TenOC
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Oct 03, 2015

SOLVED - How to keep the same drive letter for external HD

In my Win 7 desktop computer I have 3 internal hard drives. I use 3 external HDs to backup my computer. My OS (drive C) is backup up to one external HD and my data (drive F and G) to different HDs . ...
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1492
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Oct 03, 2015
All storage devices including flash drives have a unique ID, which is recorded in the registry every time you connect the drive. This is how forensic analysis can tell if a computer has accessed a specific drive in an investigation.

If you need 3 backup drives,seems to make more sense to use an external raid with parity. You would have your single drive letter, and would be safer than one large drive, or even 3 separate drives in event of a HD failure.

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