Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?

Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
W7complain about to much hardware?


Greg

From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?

| Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
| W7complain about to much hardware?


| Greg

The limitation is the number of available driive letters.

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On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>
>> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?
>>
>> | Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
>> | W7complain about to much hardware?
>>
>>
>> | Greg
>>
>> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.
>>
> And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
> additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
> volume...

Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? I
mean, who has that many USB ports?


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On Oct 19, 9:52*am, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard
>
>
>
> > David H. Lipman wrote:
> >> From: "Greg" <inva...@invalid.net>
>
> >> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?
>
> >> | Another words, *if you have a lot of flash drives, *will *xp, Vista,
> >> | W7complain about to much hardware?
>
> >> | Greg
>
> >> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.
>
> > And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
> > additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
> > volume...
>
> Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? *I
> mean, who has that many USB ports?
>
> Terry R.
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Good point, Terry R. <grinning insanely>

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:52:45 -0700, "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>
>>> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?
>>>
>>> | Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
>>> | W7complain about to much hardware?
>>>
>>>
>>> | Greg
>>>
>>> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.
>>>
>> And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
>> additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
>> volume...
>
>Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? I
>mean, who has that many USB ports?
>
>
>Terry R.



I don't have that many ports, I was mainly talking about using
different flash drives, in the same port. Some have different
brands. I was just concerned about xp thinking I am changing
hardware too much, then asking for activation.

Greg

From: "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>

| On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard

>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>

>>> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?

>>> | Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
>>> | W7complain about to much hardware?


>>> | Greg

>>> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.

>> And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
>> additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
>> volume...

| Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? I
| mean, who has that many USB ports?

Not really. Using a series of USB hubs.


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On 10/19/2009 10:53 AM On a whim, David H. Lipman pounded out on the
keyboard

> From: "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
> | On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard
>
>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>> From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
>>>> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?
>
>>>> | Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
>>>> | W7complain about to much hardware?
>
>
>>>> | Greg
>
>>>> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.
>
>>> And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
>>> additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
>>> volume...
>
> | Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? I
> | mean, who has that many USB ports?
>
> Not really. Using a series of USB hubs.
>
>

Do you really know anyone who has ever done that? Being that each one
would be draining power from the main port.

I think that's where the limitation lies, not the drive letters.


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Greg wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:52:45 -0700, "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/2009 9:35 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard
>>
>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>> From: "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>
>>>> | Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?
>>>>
>>>> | Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
>>>> | W7complain about to much hardware?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> | Greg
>>>>
>>>> The limitation is the number of available driive letters.
>>>>
>>> And even then , once all the letters of the alphabet are used up...
>>> additional volumes can simply be mounted in a folder of an existing
>>> volume...
>> Wouldn't the limitation be the type and number of connections first? I
>> mean, who has that many USB ports?
>>
>>
>> Terry R.
>
>
>
> I don't have that many ports, I was mainly talking about using
> different flash drives, in the same port. Some have different
> brands. I was just concerned about xp thinking I am changing
> hardware too much, then asking for activation.
>
> Greg

Flash drives do not affect activation. Use as many as you like.

M

"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?

The limit is set by the number of ports available (not the number
of devices.)

> Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
> W7complain about to much hardware?

When configured for N ports, these OS are not configured to
complain too many are configured. (When equipped with a
SCSI host and drivers, these OS can handle an unlimited
number of external devices, as many as can be physically
connected.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> Any limits on how many flash drives you can use in xp, Vista, W7?

The limit is set by the number of ports available (not the number
of devices.)

> Another words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will xp, Vista,
> W7complain about to much hardware?

When configured for N ports, these OS are not configured to
complain too many are configured. (When equipped with a
SCSI host and drivers, these OS can handle an unlimited
number of external devices, as many as can be physically
connected, cf. daisy chain.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)