re: USB Drive Letter Assignment
Friday, October 29, 2004 at 11:05 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jack Gulley
(5917 messages posted)
You have several choices, but they all require that you change the drive letter
that applications use for device. Most applications that expect to find files on
specific drive letter assignments have means of change the drive letter, or by using
browse options you can change the current default. Or you may have to edit Registry
entries.
The quickest way is to boot the system and then change any/all applications to
match the default sequence that Windows assigns drive letters.
In addition, you have the option in Device Manager (with all devices plugged in
when you boot the system) to assign a specific drive letter to specific Disk, CD
and USB drive devices by device ID. This works as long as you select drive letters
that will not conflict with automatic assigned drive letters.
For example within Windows, I assign CD-Rom drives starting with T and CD-RW drive
letters starting with W. And removable USB drives starting with R. This allows me
to "fix" some drives (by model ID) at specific drive letters, and then allow other
devices like removal drives to be placed into a range. In Device Manager, device
properties Settings tab, by setting the Start and End value to the same drive letter
for a specific drive/device, you can force Windows to always use that letter for
that specific drive. Or you can specify a range and allow windows to select one.
In all cases you have to select drive letters that do no conflict with the default
C: drive and the primary partition assignments of drives. (In other words, don't
try to "fix" drive letter assignments for devices in the C: through E: range.) Then
change any program settings (or batch files) to use these drive letters. Most quality
programs like CD-RW support programs search the current configuration for their drives
anyway and fixed assignments are not necessary (well except for your limited ability
to adapt to changes).
- Written in response to:
- USB Drive Letter Assignment (J Kilborn: Friday, October 29, 2004 at 7:01 am)
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