JamesOakley Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 A long time back, I configured a DVD-RW drive on the computer to be usable by Retrospect for backup sets. I no longer use DVDs for backups, but the device remains configured. Now, whenever Retrospect fires up to perform a backup, it takes the drive over. If I was burning a CD, the operation is cut short; if I were watching a DVD, I'd not be able to continue until the backup is complete. I'm currently running a 3-hour backup job, and want to rip an audio CD, but I have to wait to do so. Is there any way to ask Retrospect to forget everything it ever knew about the optical drive on my computer? Or is there any way to change it so that it doesn't insist on taking over the device unless it actually needs to use it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 In Retrospect. try to "configure devices" and "Forget" (or "Disable") the DVD-drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesOakley Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 In Retrospect. try to "configure devices" and "Forget" (or "Disable") the DVD-drive. I don't see that option anywhere - what menu or toolbar is it in? (There are 3 tabs in the Configure Devices window - the first question is which tab I need to be in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 That depends on the version you are running. Which one is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesOakley Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Windows Professional 9.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Pages 48-50. http://download.retrospect.com/docs/win/v9/user_guide/Retrospect_Windows_User_Guide-EN.pdf "To see a list of the backup devices available to Retrospect, click Configure>Devices from the navigation bar, then click the Environment tab in the Storage Devices window." "Toolbar Commands for Seeing Devices The Environment tab’s toolbar has the following commands for seeing devices: Ignore ID: If you select a device and click Ignore ID, Retrospect will not scan that ID when Retrospect is next opened after you quit. This may be useful if you are not backing up to your CD/DVD drive and want to use it to play music while you are backing up." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesOakley Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Thanks for that, Lennart I saw the button labelled "Ignore ID", but it sounded like it did something more sophisticated than "Forget Device". I wasn't sure what it's ID was, but I didn't think I needed Retrospect to forget the device's ID - so I didn't even get as far as checking the manual. I guess there's UI feedback here for the developers - the label elsewhere in the software is "forget", so they could usefully use the same label here. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) the label elsewhere in the software is "forget", so they could usefully use the same label here. That's exactly why I wrote "Forget" in my first reply. EDIT: And the manual is (almost) only useful if you already know what to look for. Edited July 31, 2014 by Lennart Thelander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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