conflict between USB Flash Drive & Network Drive

[watthon]

In Windows XP, USB drive takes the drive letter E:
automatically.

1) If the mapped network drive already took the drive
letter E:, the USB drive cannot show up in Windows
Explorer. However, it can be seen in Device Manager/Disks.

2) If the network conncetion cannot restore somehow, the
drive letter E: is automatically assigned to USB drive but
it takes the name of the mapped network drive.

One solution to prevent above problem is to assign the
mapped network drive a letter other than E:.

The drawback is that the HDD drives can only be organized
as

"C: (System), D: (Data), E: (USB Flash Disk) Drive, F:
(Mapped Data)"

instead of

"C: (System), D: (Data), E: (Mapped Data), F: (USB Flash
Disk)"

I would like to know alternate solution like assigning USB
Drive Letter other than E: (Z: etc).

Any suggestion from experts are welcome.

Regards,,,

Watthon

 

[Guest]

START>CONTROL PANEL>ADMININSTRATIVE TOOLS>COMPUTER MANAGEMEN

Click on Disk Managemen

Right click on the drive you wish to change [any but C Drive] and you can assign it a Letter which is not yet used

For a USB drive to be 'U' for example, you would scroll down to letter U

This drive will always be the U drive when reinserted.