Closing the Drive Letter Gap

[jaugustine]

Hi,

A week ago, I was using my Wife's Dell laptop (WinXP). I connected an
external hard drive to a USB port. Then I connected a USB flash drive. The
external hard drive became "F:" drive and the USB flash drive became "G:".

Last night I wanted to update some files on her Dell laptop, but when I
plugged in the flash drive (no external hard drive connected), it was drive
"G:". In the past, it was always "F:". Note: I made some batch files
that access "F:", normally a flash drive.

Do you know how I can return the flash drive to "F:" on her laptop?

Thank You in advance, John

 

[David H. Lipman]

Hi,

A week ago, I was using my Wife's Dell laptop (WinXP). I connected an
external hard drive to a USB port. Then I connected a USB flash drive. The
external hard drive became "F:" drive and the USB flash drive became "G:".

Last night I wanted to update some files on her Dell laptop, but when I
plugged in the flash drive (no external hard drive connected), it was drive
"G:". In the past, it was always "F:". Note: I made some batch files
that access "F:", normally a flash drive.

Do you know how I can return the flash drive to "F:" on her laptop?

Thank You in advance, John

Right-Click on "My Computer" --> manage --> disk management

Right-Click on the drive in question --> Change drive letters and paths...

 

[Andy]

Hi,



A week ago, I was using my Wife's Dell laptop (WinXP). I connected an

external hard drive to a USB port. Then I connected a USB flash drive. The

external hard drive became "F:" drive and the USB flash drive became "G:".



Last night I wanted to update some files on her Dell laptop, but when I

plugged in the flash drive (no external hard drive connected), it was drive

"G:". In the past, it was always "F:". Note: I made some batch files

that access "F:", normally a flash drive.



Do you know how I can return the flash drive to "F:" on her laptop?



Thank You in advance, John

You can also use if exist statements in your batch file.

Andy

if exist f:\backup dir f:\backup

if exist g:\backup\ xcopy /d /y *.zip g:\backup