Cannot change drive letter of USB camera...

[Guest]

Hello. I have a digital camera that when plugged in to the machine and turned
on, it automiactially assigns itself to drive F. My machine is on a LAN and
three network drives are mapped at login. One of the network drive is F, so
when I want to use the camera I cant because F: is being used by network
connection.

I used have a different camera and faced the same problem, and I was able to
change the driver letter to something else under Disk Management. But this
time, even when the camera is plugged in, I cant even see the an entry for
the digital camera drive so I can change the drive letter. It just says C
(Hard Drive), D (CD-ROM), and E (Burner). I have also tried to dissconnect
all network connections my machine is mapped to, but still it dosent show
under Disk Management.

Please Help. Thanks.

 

[R. McCarty]

The general "Rule" is that on shared network drives, you use
high ordered letters (W,X,Y & Z). This way any additional
physical drives on the PC have sequential lettering available.
On "Removable" disks, I use mid-field lettering - My sandisk
Thumb drive is letter N, Maxtor External is M, etc.

I think you just need to change your share/lettering schema.
After setting up shares, then take the camera and install & set
the appropriate letter designation.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The general "Rule" is that on shared network drives, you use
high ordered letters (W,X,Y & Z). This way any additional
physical drives on the PC have sequential lettering available.
On "Removable" disks, I use mid-field lettering - My sandisk
Thumb drive is letter N, Maxtor External is M, etc.

I think you just need to change your share/lettering schema.
After setting up shares, then take the camera and install & set
the appropriate letter designation.

As an admin, although I entirely agree with the above rules, I have to say
it's unlikely the sysadmin will want to redo all their drive mappings to
accomodate a camera.

To the OP: if you're seeing the camera show up as a drive letter in Windows,
it ought to at the same time show up in your disk manager. Are you sure it
was connected, powered on, & accessible in Explorer when you tested this?

 

[R. McCarty]

Thanks Lanwench - Remapping is probably not the best idea
for a share that's already in place and used. On USB devices,
especially Digital Imaging it's important to use the same USB
channel when re-plugging the device to avoid "Phantoms" &
they should retain/remember their previous driver lettering.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"