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Using aliases for external drives
When you choose an external drive for use with Norton Ghost as either a backup
destination or an Offsite Copy destination, it can become confusing if you are
using more than one drive, especially when the assigned drive letter changes each
time you plug in the drive.
To help you manage these destinations, Norton Ghost lets you assign an alias to
each external drive. Doing so does not change the drive label, but is for use only
when you are accessing those drives from within Norton Ghost.
For example, you might be swapping out two different external drives used as
Offsite Copy destinations during any given week. Depending on the drive labels
assigned to each drive and whether or not the drive letter previously assigned
has changed, it could become confusing as to which drive you are using at any
given time.
However, by associating unique aliases to each drive, then as you use the drive
with Norton Ghost, the aliases you assigned appear in various locations in Norton
Ghost.
Note: It is also a good idea to place physical labels on each external drive to help
you manage the task of swapping the drives.
For example, if you assigned the alias, "Drive A: Monday" to one drive, and "Drive
B: Wednesday" to a second drive, their aliases appear in Norton Ghost whenever
the drives are plugged in to your computer.
See “About Offsite Copy” on page 73.
To make it even easier, the Options dialog box lets you see all of your alias drive
names in one view. From this view, you can remove or edit existing names.
To remove or edit external drive aliases
1
On the main menu bar, click Tasks > Options.
2
Under Destinations, click External Drives.
3
Select an external drive from the list and then do one of the following:
■ Click Remove to remove the alias associated with the external drive.
■ Click Rename to modify the alias.
41Getting Started
Configuring Norton Ghost default options