# Start Kopia without connecting to Local storage

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/start-kopia-without-connecting-to-local-storage/1130>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 14, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/start-kopia-without-connecting-to-local-storage/1130 "2022-05-14T13:07:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peachtree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Peachtree](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Peachtree)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/start-kopia-without-connecting-to-local-storage/1130/1 "2022-05-14T13:07:45Z")

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Hi There,  
First I want to thank you for this fantastic product. Absolutely briljant!

I have 2 repositories; 1 to Gdrive using Rclone and 1 to a USB-drive using a Local storage repository. Both work like a dream.

But the USB-drive is not always connected. I only connect it for backing-up or restoring purposes. My problem is that when Kopia starts it always tries to connect to both repositories. And since the USB-drive is normally not connected Kopia keeps trying to connect to the USB-drive indefinite.  
I tried to start Kopia and connect to only the Gdrive repository by using the command-line, but even then it always tries to connect to both repositories.  
Is there any way to start Kopia and selectively connect to the specified repository or am I missing someyhing?

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**Author:** ![ZebCorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5fc32e/32.png) [@ZebCorp](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ZebCorp)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/start-kopia-without-connecting-to-local-storage/1130/2 "2022-05-14T14:50:22Z")

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The simplest way is, imho, disconnect usb (non-local) respiratory as well as online ones (gdrive), connect to them when needed using external scripts or/and task scheduler/cron (some examples are here - [What to do to mount/unmount drive before and after backup? - #8 by ZebCorp](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/what-to-do-to-mount-unmount-drive-before-and-after-backup/962/8)), and using KopiaUI only as stuff organizer (e.g adding files/rules etc.).