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BA236: The external hard disk drive letter has been reassigned so the backup will work

Error code Product Applies to
BA236 BackupAssist BackupAssist v4 or later

Description

This warning usually occurs when the drive letter assigned to the external hard drive is changed so that BackupAssist can run the backup successfully.

Resolution

You can choose to detect the drive through BackupAssist so that the correct drive letter is in BackupAssist. To do this follow the steps below:

  1. Open BackupAssist
  2. Click on 'Jobs' at the top of the BackupAssist console and select the particular job you need to change from the list provided.
  3. Click on 'Destination' down the left hand side.
  4. Click 'Detect' under 'Hard Drive Pool Options' to detect the new drive letter.
Last updated Created Further assistance
18th Mar 2015 16th Mar 2007 BackupAssist Support page