I can't find this in the Vista forum. I would like to assign a drive letter (e.g. 
J:/) to a specific flash drive so that each time I insert it it will be recognized 
by that drive letter. I could do it in XP. Is that not available in Vista?

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re: Assign drive letter Friday, May 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Vista is the same. Called Disk Management. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=1tJ&q=Disk+Management%2C+Vista&btnG=Search [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 5:15 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) There tends to be a great percentage of people who learn their software by using certain keystrokes in pattern rather than what task they are actually choosing with those tasks. Steve had it right, there is just a different look and sequence to get to it. IF this is your problem, start to notice what you are really getting when you press a certain sequence of keys. You not only will have less of a learning curve with new OS's, but also with each new software you use. I often have to take a test on some new or a different software I have never used. I just took one on Excel 2007. I never opened it or looked at it and got an 802% on the test . Just by know what does what in other software packages. I hate it when someone tries to show me something new and they tell me push this key twice and hit enter-enter-enter. That doesn't teach me anything. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:25 am Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) This got me to the right place, thanks. But the information was a bit flawed for Vista 64. One too many steps to get to disk management. For others, here are the steps: You must be logged in as an administrator. Open Control Panel. Click on Administrative Tools. Click on Computer Management. In the Computer Management panel, expand Storage, and then click Disk Management. In the upper panel of Disk Management, right click on the drive you wish to rename. In the pop-up menu you will find the option to Change Drive Letters and Paths. Assign the drive letter and click ok. [Reply or follow-up to this message] No flaw at all.... Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:53 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) You can get to Disk Management exactly the same way in XP, although that's a lot more round about way than I usually use. On Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:25 am, Jack Shaw wrote: >This got me to the right place, thanks. But the information was a bit flawed for >Vista 64. One too many steps to get to disk management. > >For others, here are the steps: > >You must be logged in as an administrator. > >Open Control Panel. >Click on Administrative Tools. >Click on Computer Management. >In the Computer Management panel, expand Storage, and then click Disk Management. >In the upper panel of Disk Management, right click on the drive you wish to rename. >In the pop-up menu you will find the option to Change Drive Letters and Paths. >Assign the drive letter and click ok. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:07 am Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) I was merely relating my experience in that there was an extra step mentioned in the suggested steps as far as Vista 64 bit on my laptop was concerned. Would you care to share your way of getting the same results? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 11:07 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) As I said, the steps you listed are EXACTLY the same in XP. On Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:07 am, Jack Shaw wrote: >I was merely relating my experience in that there was an extra step mentioned in >the suggested steps as far as Vista 64 bit on my laptop was concerned. > >Would you care to share your way of getting the same results? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 2:14 pm Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Reminds me of Grace Makutsi :-)) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 2:19 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) When Rt Clicking on My Computer, Manage is one of the options in the Menu. That will also take you to Disk Management with a couple more clicks. It is that way for XP, Vista, 7. Windows is like a City in that there is always more then one Route to the Destination. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:02 pm Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) Forgive my ignorance, but is that an inside joke? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:05 pm Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) You also said, "although that's a lot more round about way than I usually use." That's why I asked if you would like to share. However someone else has already done that for you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 7:48 am Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Nah - just my sense of humour :-) Have a read of "The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith - great book(s). [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:18 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) ok Run drvmgmt.msc On Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:05 pm, Jack Shaw wrote: >You also said, "although that's a lot more round about way than I usually use." That's >why I asked if you would like to share. However someone else has already done that >for you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: No flaw at all.... Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:28 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) isn't it, diskmgmt.msc [Reply or follow-up to this message] Oops.... Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 1:02 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) LOL, yeah... Another senior moment.... I never actually type it in. On Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:28 am, Steve wrote: >isn't it, diskmgmt.msc [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Oops.... Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2:12 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) yea, regedit, and msconfig, are the only run commands I can remember without My cheat sheet.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Oops.... Monday, May 25, 2009 at 4:06 am Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) Thank you both for valuable information. I will enter this in my cheat sheet now to avoid my own senior moment. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Monday, May 25, 2009 at 2:35 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) I'm waiting for the Video on youtube.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Assign drive letter Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 8:51 am Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Won't be long - the BBC are showing the series now. 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