Disk Management

[Guest]

I have a single hard disk in my computer assigned as "C:" with all other
drive letters available. However when I plug in my USB Thumb drive it
automatically assigns it to "E:". When I go to change my drive letter
assignment for that, drives "A:, B:" are not an option. Any reason why? All
other letters are available from E - Z. I have a certain application that
looks for a "A" drive and I want my USB thumb drive to always be that letter.
I have experimented with using the command "subst" and that works fine but
everytime shut my computer down I lose that and have to run the "subst"
command again. I could create a script or batch file and put it in my
startup group as a work around but would rather find a permanent solution.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Note: I would like to make this change permanent. So that anytime I plug in
my USB drive I will always get drive letter "A:\" as my thumb drive.

Would the diskpart utility allow for this? I have been looking at but not
quite sure how to make it work.

 

[DL]

I believe certain apps, including winxp, still expect the A drive to be a
floppy, it seems to be hard coded that way.
eg Installing win and using the F6 option to install third party drivers, an
A drive floppy is required.

 

[MoiMeme]

For A:, yes it is resrved for floppy drive, even if not present
B: should be available : my USB stick gets assigned to B: when plugged in
Use diskmanagement to assign that letter ( start -> run diskmgmt.msc -
select drive -> change drive letter -> select B

 

[Uwe Sieber]

I have a single hard disk in my computer assigned as "C:" with all other
drive letters available. However when I plug in my USB Thumb drive it
automatically assigns it to "E:". When I go to change my drive letter
assignment for that, drives "A:, B:" are not an option. Any reason why? All
other letters are available from E - Z. I have a certain application that
looks for a "A" drive and I want my USB thumb drive to always be that letter.
I have experimented with using the command "subst" and that works fine but
everytime shut my computer down I lose that and have to run the "subst"
command again. I could create a script or batch file and put it in my
startup group as a work around but would rather find a permanent solution.

If A: is shown in the Windows Explorer simply disable this floppy
drive in the device manager. Then A: is availlable and should become
an option in the disk management (XP only, not W2K).

If not you can try my commandline tool ReMount:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/remount.zip

remount e: a:

would assingn A: if availlable. It's peramanent as long as
no other drive ever gets A:.


To get letter A: for any USB drive you need a permanent
running software:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html



Greetings from Germany

Uwe