My computer does not allocate a temp drive letter/number

[Guest]

I really need help on this guys,

When for example I connect my ipod or digital cameras to my computer the
computer recognises it "new hardware found" etc but does not display a temp
drive letter/number etc in "My Computer folder" with the other drives. It
also does not recognise the divice on the software that comes with them.
Hence I cannot do anything with my ipod/Digital cameras etc. I removed and
reinstalled the drivers and updated them. I also went through the microsoft
help etc but to no avail.
I connected the devices to my lap top and it recognises the ipod/digital
cameras and a temp drive is shown for either one in the "My Computer" folder?

Please please can someone help, I am at my wits end at this stage

Pinkster

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I really need help on this guys,

When for example I connect my ipod or digital cameras to my
computer the computer recognises it "new hardware found" etc but
does not display a temp drive letter/number etc in "My Computer
folder" with the other drives. It also does not recognise the
divice on the software that comes with them. Hence I cannot do
anything with my ipod/Digital cameras etc. I removed and
reinstalled the drivers and updated them. I also went through the
microsoft help etc but to no avail.
I connected the devices to my lap top and it recognises the
ipod/digital cameras and a temp drive is shown for either one in
the "My Computer" folder?

Please please can someone help, I am at my wits end at this stage

What drive letters are in use already on your home computer/

 

[Guest]

Hi Shenan Stanley,

I have A "Floppy",
C, D,
E "DVD-RW" ,
F "which is a virtual clone drive",
S,X,Y,Z " are part of a network"

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When for example I connect my ipod or digital cameras to my
computer the computer recognises it "new hardware found" etc but
does not display a temp drive letter/number etc in "My Computer
folder" with the other drives. It also does not recognise the
divice on the software that comes with them. Hence I cannot do
anything with my ipod/Digital cameras etc. I removed and
reinstalled the drivers and updated them. I also went through the
microsoft help etc but to no avail.
I connected the devices to my lap top and it recognises the
ipod/digital cameras and a temp drive is shown for either one in
the "My Computer" folder?

Please please can someone help, I am at my wits end at this stage

What drive letters are in use already on your home computer/

I have A "Floppy",
C, D,
E "DVD-RW" ,
F "which is a virtual clone drive",
S,X,Y,Z " are part of a network"

For testing - change your E drive letter to "T" and reboot.
Insert the USB drive.

Also - you said "part of a network"...
Do you have the rights on this computer to do what you are trying to?
Sounds like a business computer.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunitly I do not know how to change the drive letter! can you briefly
explain?

To answer you second question yes it is a business computer, i work at home.
I got a guy to set things up for me sometime back and I am trying to get in
contact with him.

I have'nt really tried to get into the network before so I do not know if I
have rights or not.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

I have A "Floppy",
C, D,
E "DVD-RW" ,
F "which is a virtual clone drive",
S,X,Y,Z " are part of a network"

F might be the problem. XP assings the first free local
drive letter to new drives. But it ignores 'non real'
drives here as network and subst drives. Maybe this
virtual clone drive isn't seen by XP's mount manager so
it assings F to your USB drives too. That's a known problem
for network and subst drives.

You can change the drive letter assignments in the Windows
Disk Management (Start -> Run -> diskmgmt.msc).

How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307844


Windows saves letter assignments, but exactely one assigment
per letter only.
Sample: Drive1 is connected and you assign letter X. Then you
disconnect it. When you attach it again it gets letter X again
because Windows saved this assignment. Disconnect it again,
attach Drive2 and assign letter X, detach it and attach
Drive1 again. Drive1 get the the first free local letter now
beause the previous assingment has been superseded by Drive2.

Therefore there is always a rivalry for the first availlable
local letter which is used by your 'virtual clone drive'.

The best solution is to assign a high letter to the virtual
clone drive. If this would cause problems with installed
software that relies on CDs at letter F, then assing high
letters to your USB drives but a different one for each.

Or let my USB drive letter manager do the work:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
It should see the virtual clone drive and remount the USB
drive to a letter that is really availlable.


Greetings from Germany

Uwe

 

[John Wunderlich]

I really need help on this guys,

When for example I connect my ipod or digital cameras to my
computer the computer recognises it "new hardware found" etc but
does not display a temp drive letter/number etc in "My Computer
folder" with the other drives. It also does not recognise the
divice on the software that comes with them. Hence I cannot do
anything with my ipod/Digital cameras etc. I removed and
reinstalled the drivers and updated them. I also went through the
microsoft help etc but to no avail.
I connected the devices to my lap top and it recognises the
ipod/digital cameras and a temp drive is shown for either one in
the "My Computer" folder?

Please please can someone help, I am at my wits end at this stage

Pinkster

"New drive or mapped network drive not available in Windows Explorer"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297694/en-us>

HTH,
John