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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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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 -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "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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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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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" -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "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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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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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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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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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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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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