USB Drive and letter assignment

[Guest]

Hello,

Here are my drives (logical & physical) configruation in a generic Windows
XP image under development :

- C (HDD)
- D (CD/DVD-ROM)
- E SUBST of C:\Program files (for historic business purposes) that mustn't
be changed.

People will use USB Cameras and sticks so when U plug a USB device letter E
will automatically be affected and current E will go mad ;-)

I found the software (freeware ?) USBDLM
(http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html) that suits my need and allows
enforcement of a scope of drive letters that can/can not be affected to the
USB connection.

My question is : the developper of that great (and unique) might know how to
interceed USB insertion calls, and therefor use windows functions. Thus, I
couldn't find any clear solution that which, I guess, we are thousands of
users to share.

Is there any serious tip apart from using Disk Manager and that can be
applied to ANY type of USB storage devices so that drive letters affectable
can be handled ?

Thanks a lot to anyone that could provide a way to solve this real XP issue
without compromising system steadiness

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Here are my drives (logical & physical) configruation in a generic Windows
XP image under development :

- C (HDD)
- D (CD/DVD-ROM)
- E SUBST of C:\Program files (for historic business purposes) that mustn't
be changed.

People will use USB Cameras and sticks so when U plug a USB device letter E
will automatically be affected and current E will go mad ;-)

I found the software (freeware ?) USBDLM
(http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html) that suits my need and allows
enforcement of a scope of drive letters that can/can not be affected to the
USB connection.

My question is : the developper of that great (and unique) might know how to
interceed USB insertion calls, and therefor use windows functions.

Yep, I know But these windows functions require admin previleges
as the disk management does. Therefore USBDLM runs as service so it's
independent of the user's previleges.
BTW: USBDLM is free for private and non profit educational use.

Thus, I couldn't find any clear solution that which, I guess, we are thousands of
users to share.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is 'a problem':
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830238

Is there any serious tip apart from using Disk Manager and that can be
applied to ANY type of USB storage devices so that drive letters affectable
can be handled ?

You could attach a dummy USB drive that get E: so the
real drives gets an availlable letter...

But seriously... My tool ReMount is free for everyone.
If you create a link with
remount E: U:
you could change the letter to U: with a single doubleclick.
But it requires admin previleges.
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/remount.zip


Greetings from Germany

Uwe

 

[Squire]

Get rid of E:\Subst,
Assign E as the drive letter,
Assign CD drives to letters higher in the Alphabet so they can't interfere.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Uwe for answering my question.
You might have developped the only one product that can solve our prolem.
I will incitate my management to buy it.

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"Uwe Sieber" a écrit :

 

[Guest]

Though it is immediately what I intended to do I can't do that way.

Get rid of E:\Subst : impossible as I wrote (big amount of extra costs for
modifying business applications)
Assign E as the drive letter
Assign CD drives to letters higher in the Alphabet so they can't interfere

Thanks anyway

"Squire" a écrit :