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Old November 17th 06, 04:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
James
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I have a fully updated Win2k system with multiple hard drives and
network shared drives. After drives, partitions & shares I have drive
slots N, P, V, W, Y & Z available. When the USB card reader with 3 USP
ports is added it is assigned N, P, V & W which works just fine. The
problem comes in when the system is re-booted with the unit in place.
It takes N, P, Q, R in sequence. In W98 it is possible to assign a
drive letter to a removable drive but I cannot remember where to go for
the same ability in W2k. Help...

James
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Old November 17th 06, 04:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Ron Badour
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

This is a W98 newsgroup and your best bet would be to ask your question in a
W2K newsgroup such as microsoft.public.win2000.general
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"James" wrote in message
...
I have a fully updated Win2k system with multiple hard drives and network
shared drives. After drives, partitions & shares I have drive slots N, P,
V, W, Y & Z available. When the USB card reader with 3 USP ports is added
it is assigned N, P, V & W which works just fine. The problem comes in
when the system is re-booted with the unit in place. It takes N, P, Q, R in
sequence. In W98 it is possible to assign a drive letter to a removable
drive but I cannot remember where to go for the same ability in W2k.
Help...

James



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Old November 18th 06, 02:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
James
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I was not able to locate a "drives" location for W2k which it why I
tried here. I did go back and post on alt.os.windows2000 just in case
and did get responses. Thanks for the reply. I just wish, dreaming I
know, MS would keep things in the same place from version to version
instead of constantly moving them around. Once a location is set for a
feature there is really no need to move it other than to make life more
difficult for the user.

Thanks again

James

Ron Badour wrote:
This is a W98 newsgroup and your best bet would be to ask your question in a
W2K newsgroup such as microsoft.public.win2000.general

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Old November 18th 06, 10:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Jeff Richards
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

Start / Settings / Control Panel / Computer Management / Storage / Disk
Management (Local). Right-click the drive information panel and choose
"Change Drive Letter & Path"
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"James" wrote in message
...
I was not able to locate a "drives" location for W2k which it why I tried
here. I did go back and post on alt.os.windows2000 just in case and did
get responses. Thanks for the reply. I just wish, dreaming I know, MS
would keep things in the same place from version to version instead of
constantly moving them around. Once a location is set for a feature there
is really no need to move it other than to make life more difficult for the
user.



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Old November 18th 06, 10:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Gary S. Terhune
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

Run COMPMGMT.MSC. You want StorageDisk Management.

In the lower right pane, each "drive" is listed. Right click on the disk
label and one option will be to change letter.

But I'm curious... What drives are assigned Q and R before you restart and
those get reassigned to the USB drives?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"James" wrote in message
...
I have a fully updated Win2k system with multiple hard drives and
network shared drives. After drives, partitions & shares I have drive
slots N, P, V, W, Y & Z available. When the USB card reader with 3 USP
ports is added it is assigned N, P, V & W which works just fine. The
problem comes in when the system is re-booted with the unit in place.
It takes N, P, Q, R in sequence. In W98 it is possible to assign a
drive letter to a removable drive but I cannot remember where to go for
the same ability in W2k. Help...

James



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Old November 19th 06, 01:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
James
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I have 5 network drives Q,R,S,T & U mapped from a raid 5 server. Local
partition drives are C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M & O. It is a dual boot
station with W98se as drive C, W2k as drive O in a 2nd primary
partition. Other letter assignments are for special purpose apps &
local data with critical data on the server drive letters.

I have tried a Vakoss R723 3 port USB hub with a 28 card reader built-in
and have also tried a standard 4 port USB hub with one port dedicated to
a Stratitec 12 card reader. After testing each one for drive letter
memory I have found they both receive their drive assignments ahead of
the network drive assignments. I also cleared the previous card reader
assignments between testing the two devices to make sure there was no
carry over between the two. The only way I have been able to connect
these card readers without high-jacking the network drive assignments is
after the reboot is complete.

James

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Run COMPMGMT.MSC. You want StorageDisk Management.

In the lower right pane, each "drive" is listed. Right click on the disk
label and one option will be to change letter.

But I'm curious... What drives are assigned Q and R before you restart and
those get reassigned to the USB drives?

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Old November 19th 06, 01:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
James
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I find it interesting that W98se is able to retain the drive letter
assignment integrity without requiring user intervention while W2kPro
seems incapable of retaining the same integrity no matte what I try.

James

James wrote:
I have 5 network drives Q,R,S,T & U mapped from a raid 5 server. Local
partition drives are C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M & O. It is a dual boot
station with W98se as drive C, W2k as drive O in a 2nd primary
partition. Other letter assignments are for special purpose apps &
local data with critical data on the server drive letters.

I have tried a Vakoss R723 3 port USB hub with a 28 card reader built-in
and have also tried a standard 4 port USB hub with one port dedicated to
a Stratitec 12 card reader. After testing each one for drive letter
memory I have found they both receive their drive assignments ahead of
the network drive assignments. I also cleared the previous card reader
assignments between testing the two devices to make sure there was no
carry over between the two. The only way I have been able to connect
these card readers without high-jacking the network drive assignments is
after the reboot is complete.

James

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Run COMPMGMT.MSC. You want StorageDisk Management.

In the lower right pane, each "drive" is listed. Right click on the disk
label and one option will be to change letter.

But I'm curious... What drives are assigned Q and R before you restart
and
those get reassigned to the USB drives?

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Old November 20th 06, 02:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Gary S. Terhune
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I think you're going to have to take this to a Win2K group. I have very
little experience with 2K, but FWIW I haven't seen the behavior you describe
in WinXP that I can recall. IIRC, I can assign drive letters to removable
media and they are remembered as long as the media reader is attached, but
forgotten when it's disconnected. I've never seen readers mess with
pre-established drive letters, mapped drive letters, whatever.
Unfortunately, I don't have a reader handy at the moment to test with. Maybe
later this week I'll have access to a machine I'm thinking of that's perfect
for this test, but...

I really think you have to get this in front of a Win2K expert.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"James" wrote in message
...
I find it interesting that W98se is able to retain the drive letter
assignment integrity without requiring user intervention while W2kPro
seems incapable of retaining the same integrity no matte what I try.

James

James wrote:
I have 5 network drives Q,R,S,T & U mapped from a raid 5 server. Local
partition drives are C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M & O. It is a dual boot
station with W98se as drive C, W2k as drive O in a 2nd primary
partition. Other letter assignments are for special purpose apps &
local data with critical data on the server drive letters.

I have tried a Vakoss R723 3 port USB hub with a 28 card reader built-in
and have also tried a standard 4 port USB hub with one port dedicated to
a Stratitec 12 card reader. After testing each one for drive letter
memory I have found they both receive their drive assignments ahead of
the network drive assignments. I also cleared the previous card reader
assignments between testing the two devices to make sure there was no
carry over between the two. The only way I have been able to connect
these card readers without high-jacking the network drive assignments is
after the reboot is complete.

James

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Run COMPMGMT.MSC. You want StorageDisk Management.

In the lower right pane, each "drive" is listed. Right click on the

disk
label and one option will be to change letter.

But I'm curious... What drives are assigned Q and R before you restart
and
those get reassigned to the USB drives?



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Old November 20th 06, 07:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
James
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Default Win2k USB drive assignment locations?

I did take it there after the 1st response here and according to some
there it should not be a problem. It works with W98 on the same machine
so I guess it is just an installation anomaly. I have run into them
before and this is not likely to be the last. In the past the only cure
has been a totally new install. Later I will try it on another system I
have that is configured differently to see what happens. Thanks for the
feedback all. Sorry for the dry run on this.

James

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
I think you're going to have to take this to a Win2K group. I have very
little experience with 2K, but FWIW I haven't seen the behavior you describe
in WinXP that I can recall. IIRC, I can assign drive letters to removable
media and they are remembered as long as the media reader is attached, but
forgotten when it's disconnected. I've never seen readers mess with
pre-established drive letters, mapped drive letters, whatever.
Unfortunately, I don't have a reader handy at the moment to test with. Maybe
later this week I'll have access to a machine I'm thinking of that's perfect
for this test, but...

I really think you have to get this in front of a Win2K expert.

 




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