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

[Greg]

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

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Greg" <[email protected]>

| 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.

 

[Terry R.]

From: "Greg" <[email protected]>

| 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...[/QUOTE]

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


Terry R.

 

[sandy58]

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





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

Terry R.

Good point, Terry R. <grinning insanely>

 

[Greg]

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.[/QUOTE]



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

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Terry R." <[email protected]>

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

| 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.

 

[Terry R.]

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

From: "Terry R." <[email protected]>

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


| 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.


Terry R.

 

[M]

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

 

[Don Phillipson]

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]

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.)

 

[Terry R.]

On 10/19/2009 10:10 AM On a whim, Greg pounded out on the keyboard

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

If you're using different drives in the same port, they're all assigned
the same drive letter, correct?

I know each device is assigned a unique PID, but I doubt that would
confuse Windows. But on second thought... ;-)


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

On 10/19/2009 10:09 AM On a whim, sandy58 pounded out on the keyboard

Good point, Terry R. <grinning insanely>

Sometimes the answer is easier than we think?


Terry R.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Terry R." <[email protected]>

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



| 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.


You are talking passive hubs. There are many powered hubs. Yes, I know people who use a
large number of "USB Mass Storage Devices".

 

[Tae Song]

From: "Greg" <[email protected]>

| 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.

You can map flash drives to directories if you run out of drive letters.

USB is limited to 127 devices per root hub or controller, I think.

Other consideration is power. You may need to use powered hubs.

If you still need more you can add USB cards, but once you run out of
expansion slots you might not be able to add anymore USB devices. I think
that's about the limit.

 

[Elmo]

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 permissions message suggests to me that malware has taken control..
I could be wrong, of course. Burn BitDefender, or another program
listed at the link below, to a CD (using a working machine) and test the
infected machine with it. BitDefender also has a Rootkit checker on the
Linux Desktop; run it if you think that's the problem:

http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootable-antivirus-rescue-cds-download-list/

Download the executable rather than the .iso image, if one is
available.. it prompts you to insert a CD and burns the file, no problem.

Then run these:

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

 

[Elmo]

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

In other words, if you have a lot of flash drives, will XP, Vista,
W7 complain about too much hardware?

Greg

Sorry, I just replied to the wrong post.

 

[Paul]

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.


Terry R.

You can build a massive tree with hubs like this model. It
comes with a 5V wall adapter, so that each port can have
a decent power source. Using this, you can build it out,
until you reach the topology limits.

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/17-182-057-S06?$S640$

Paul

 

[SC Tom]

You can build a massive tree with hubs like this model. It
comes with a 5V wall adapter, so that each port can have
a decent power source. Using this, you can build it out,
until you reach the topology limits.

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/17-182-057-S06?$S640$

Paul

You could stack these bad boys to the ceiling:
http://www.compuvest.com/Desc.jsp;jsessionid=a3u_e-FVZkAhqPX5Vr?iid=834727

Wouldn't that be a sight to see? LOL!!

SC Tom

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

When's your homework due?

 

[Roy Smith]

You could stack these bad boys to the ceiling:
http://www.compuvest.com/Desc.jsp;jsessionid=a3u_e-FVZkAhqPX5Vr?iid=834727

Wouldn't that be a sight to see? LOL!!

Yes, but unfortunately it wouldn't work because there is a limit of 5
USB hubs on one port. So in effect if you only have 4 USB ports then
you can only daisy-chain 5 on each port for a total of 20 hubs.