Why does True Image show my optical drives like this?

I have two optical drives. My DVD drive is D:\ and my CD drive is E:\. I just reinstalled Windows and Acronis and now when I look in Acronis instead listing my drives separately like this:

C:\
D:\ DVD-RW
E:\CD-RW

And so forth, it's showing my two optical drives like this:

DVD-RW (D CD-RW Drive

I don't get it. Is something wrong? How do I fix it so it lists my drives separately?

The only thing I did different this time around was I installed Acronis right after I installed Windows and before I installed my printer(which is drive G:\). And I have not installed any drivers or anything yet.

My optical drives each show on a different line in Windows Explorer so they look as expected there, so I don't think there is anything wrong inside my machine. It was just rebuilt by a pro.

 

Now I just noticed something. When I go into the Restore Data Wizard, Acronis does in fact list both my optical drives on it's own line as expected.

But it puts them on the same line when I look at the entries when I open the Backup Wizard.

Is this the way it's supposed to be?

 

What version and build of TI are you using?

Is it only in Windows that the drives are not displayed correctly or does it happen when you boot to the TI CD too?

Could you post a screenshot showing the problem?

 

I wouldn't worry about it, it's exactly the same on mine.

 

So your drive Y: is a single DVD drive or is it two drives being combined onto one line?

From the original post, I was under the impression that only one drive was showing up for backups when two are installed (D: and E. Perhaps I misunderstood.

My single DVD drive shows up just like yours also.

Perhaps only one drive is being displayed in the backup window.

 

In my case there are two physical drives -

Y: = DVD-RW
Z: = DVD-ROM, not CD-RW as ATI shows

It is an unusual way to show drives, but as far as I can see has no effect at all on operations.

 

Okay I ran the Recovery disc and looked and the contents are listed like this:

When I am in Backup Wizard mode it looks like this:

Removable Drive A: (this is my removable flash drive)
Local Disk C: (this is main Windows drive)
Local Disk D: (this must be my second hard drive)
CD-RW Drive F: (on the right pane it says DVD-RW so this must be referring to my DVD-RW).

When I am in Recovery mode it looks like this:

Removable Drive A: (this is my flash drive)
Local Disk C: (this is Windows)
Local Disk D: (this must be my second hard drive)
CD Drive Ethis is CD-ROM)
CD Drive Fthis must be my DVD-RW even though on the right pane it also says CD-ROM).

It sure looks like Acronis calls some drives by different letters than Windows does. Don't know why but...

And it refers to both my CD-ROM and my DVD-RW as CD-ROM.

I was thinking maybe the reason Acronis shows the DVD-RW and the CD-RW on the same line is because I don't really have a CD burner. According to Device Manager its a CD-ROM, and maybe Acronis realizes that you can't use that drive to store anything on because you can't burn on it so it doesn't bother to place it on it's own line. I don't know, it's just a thought.

I do have two physical drives so I was expecting them to be displayed on separate lines. I'm using True Image 11 build 8,053.

So do you guys think that I'm okay then? The fact that Acronis puts those two optical drives on the same line is normal? I wish I would have taken closer notice before, then I would be able to tell for sure, but to be honest I can't say for sure that it didn't do that the first time I installed it.

 

If the drive that's not showing up is not a burning drive, then it's correct that it's not there as TI can't save backups to it (-ROM drives won't show up).

TI just shows DVD-RW and CD-RW on the same line. Perhaps it's because the drive can burn both types of disks. I haven't checked on any CD-only drives to see what it says.

 

Yeah at the last minute I thought maybe the reason True Image shows it the way it does is because the CD-ROM can't burn since it's read only and Acronis knows this so it doesn't bother putting the CD-ROM on it's own line.

Thanks for your help. It looks like everything is normal then and I should be okay to continue.

 

That theory would be fine if TI was showing the drive as a read-only device, only it isn't. It's showing it as a CD-RW.

Looks like yet another buggy bit of Acronis

 

I think what MudCrab said makes sense. Since a DVD-RW drive can burn both DVD-RW discs and CD-RW discs, that's why it shows it as such.

And since Acronis can't save to a CD-ROM, it doesn't list it.

 

So do I now I've re-read it