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Old 01-05-2006, 02:22 AM
crapit
 
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Is it possible reserved drive letter for removable storage?


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:22 AM
Richard Urban
 
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Insert the removable drive. Then right click on My Computer. Go to Manage |
Disk Management.

Locate and right click on the drive. Use "change drive letter and paths" Set
the drive for R (removable) or any other letter you choose. Now every time
you insert the removable drive (to the same USB port) the drive will be seen
as drive R:

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Old 01-05-2006, 02:22 AM
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I had tried ur suggested method b4, it simply doesn't work
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Insert the removable drive. Then right click on My Computer. Go to Manage
> | Disk Management.
>
> Locate and right click on the drive. Use "change drive letter and paths"
> Set the drive for R (removable) or any other letter you choose. Now every
> time you insert the removable drive (to the same USB port) the drive will
> be seen as drive R:
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "crapit" <littlecramP@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:eAPEY8RCGHA.2944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Is it possible reserved drive letter for removable storage?
>>

>
>



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:22 AM
Richard Urban
 
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Default Re: Reserved Drive Letter for Removable drive?

Then you are doing something wrong. I have my Sandisk Mini Cruiser thumb
drive as drive R: on this computer, using the exact method I instructed you
to use.

Maybe if you "told" us where your problem is - instead of saying it doesn't
work.........................

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"crapit" <littlecramP@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
news:eL4OYDZCGHA.516@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I had tried ur suggested method b4, it simply doesn't work
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eVxE24UCGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Insert the removable drive. Then right click on My Computer. Go to Manage
>> | Disk Management.
>>
>> Locate and right click on the drive. Use "change drive letter and paths"
>> Set the drive for R (removable) or any other letter you choose. Now every
>> time you insert the removable drive (to the same USB port) the drive will
>> be seen as drive R:
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "crapit" <littlecramP@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
>> news:eAPEY8RCGHA.2944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Is it possible reserved drive letter for removable storage?
>>>

>>
>>

>
>



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:22 AM
Yves Leclerc
 
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On 25/12/2005 "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Then you are doing something wrong. I have my Sandisk Mini Cruiser thumb
>drive as drive R: on this computer, using the exact method I instructed you
>to use.
>
>Maybe if you "told" us where your problem is - instead of saying it doesn't
>work.........................
>


The "suggested" method of assigning a drive letter to the removable drive
works best if you always re-connect the drive/device back onto the "same" USB
port. If you connect the drive to a different USB port, then because USB
ports need to "renumerate" the device IDs, you may encounter that the drive
letter changes. (I should know this because I spent October 2005 with this
problem!)

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Old 01-05-2006, 02:23 AM
crapit
 
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Default Re: Reserved Drive Letter for Removable drive?

Yo, the same port is used: bcoz I never removed the connection

"Yves Leclerc" <yvesleclercNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> On 25/12/2005 "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Then you are doing something wrong. I have my Sandisk Mini Cruiser thumb
>>drive as drive R: on this computer, using the exact method I instructed
>>you
>>to use.
>>
>>Maybe if you "told" us where your problem is - instead of saying it
>>doesn't
>>work.........................
>>

>
> The "suggested" method of assigning a drive letter to the removable drive
> works best if you always re-connect the drive/device back onto the "same"
> USB
> port. If you connect the drive to a different USB port, then because USB
> ports need to "renumerate" the device IDs, you may encounter that the
> drive
> letter changes. (I should know this because I spent October 2005 with
> this
> problem!)
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>



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