Assign fixed letters to removable drives

[Peter Aitken]

I use several removable USB drives on my system. When I plug one in it is
assigned the next drive letter. For example if I plug in my flash drive it
is assigned I:. If I then plug in my Lacie hard drive it is assigned J:.
However if I plug in the Lacie without having the flash drive plugged in,
then the Lacie gets I: instead of J:.

Is there a way to "permanently" assign a letter to a removable drive so it
always is mapped to that letter even if that letter is not the next one
available?

Thanks

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Same situation here- I assign them X,Y Z @
C:\WINDOWS\system32\diskmgmt.msc

HTH-Larry

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:18:32 -0400, "Peter Aitken"

|I use several removable USB drives on my system. When I plug one in it is
|assigned the next drive letter. For example if I plug in my flash drive it
|is assigned I:. If I then plug in my Lacie hard drive it is assigned J:.
|However if I plug in the Lacie without having the flash drive plugged in,
|then the Lacie gets I: instead of J:.
|
|Is there a way to "permanently" assign a letter to a removable drive so it
|always is mapped to that letter even if that letter is not the next one
|available?
|
|Thanks

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Darrell S]

I use several removable USB drives on my system. When I plug one in
it is assigned the next drive letter. For example if I plug in my
flash drive it is assigned I:. If I then plug in my Lacie hard drive
it is assigned J:. However if I plug in the Lacie without having the
flash drive plugged in, then the Lacie gets I: instead of J:.

Is there a way to "permanently" assign a letter to a removable drive
so it always is mapped to that letter even if that letter is not the
next one available?

Thanks

Right click My Computer...Manage....Storage....Removeable Storage...right
click the appropriate removeable drive....Change drive letter and
path..choose the drive letter you wish to use.

 

[Steve N.]

Right click My Computer...Manage....Storage....Removeable Storage...right
click the appropriate removeable drive....Change drive letter and
path..choose the drive letter you wish to use.

Darrell,

It's under Drive Management, not Removable Storage.

Steve

 

[Darrell S]

Darrell,

It's under Drive Management, not Removable Storage.

Steve

Whoops. Must have had a "senior moment". You're right, of course.

 

[Steve N.]

Whoops. Must have had a "senior moment". You're right, of course.

I have those sometimes, too.

Steve