Hard Drive- External letter designation

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I have question concerning my hard drive (Maxtor 120G 8M 7200/133) which I
now have in a External Hard Drive Enclosure.
The question/issue is quite detailed so please read carefully and I hope
you can be patient with me.
Using XP Home Edition.
My default drives are A: Floppy C: Main Hard Drive E: Zip
Drive
Although I have (2) empty 1.1 USB ports I use ONLY ONE for several
devices and plug in and unplug them as I use them (because I have a USB
cable that sticks out in fromt of my desk).

When I plug in my Iomega 40GB Portable Hard Drive...this shows up as a
drive under My Computer....Iomega_HHD (F:)
When I plug in my Lexar Jump Drive the drive is Public (F:) shows up
When I plug in my Kodak Card Reader the drive is Removable Disk (F:)
When I plug in my digital cd card disk into the kodak card
reader the drives...are Removable Disk (H:); Removable Disk (I:); Removable
Disk (J:)
When I plug in my digital sd card disk into the kodak card
reader the drives...are Removable Disk (H:); Kodak (I:); Removable Disk
Removable Disk (J:)

My question is that if I give my external hard drive the default letter
(F:) [or maybe I could make it (D:)? I don't know] than when I
unplug the external drive and plug another device into that port will the
(F:) still show up as useable Removable Disk (F:) or will (F:) be hidden?
Will the other devices function under (F:)?
The reason I want to use only this one single port for ALL these variou
devices is because I simply don't want to leave them pluged in all the time.
I store the devices in other places to have them out of the way and for
security.
Or do you simply recommend I use one of my 2 empty USB 1.1 ports
dedicated solely to my external hard drive?

Thanks for your consideration and assistance,

P.S. As you can see I have not as of yet given this drive a designated
drive letter
 
FWIW, when I insert the USB cable for any of my three external USB HD's, I
always get the next available driver letter assignment. IOW, it's never
fixed, it's always dynamic. Same holds true for my SanDisk card reader
(multiple drives of course), SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB drive, etc.

In every case I've experienced, the removable devices are always subject to
a shifting driver letter assignment, I can't think of case where that didn't
happen. Nothing ever gets "hidden" or fails to show up under My Computer.
The only issue is the annoyance under some conditions where you'd prefer the
driver letter assignment remained fixed. I've never been able to make that
happen, even for an external USB HD.

Jim
 
I have question concerning my hard drive (Maxtor 120G 8M 7200/133) which I
now have in a External Hard Drive Enclosure.
The question/issue is quite detailed so please read carefully and I hope
you can be patient with me.
Using XP Home Edition.
My default drives are A: Floppy C: Main Hard Drive E: Zip
Drive
Although I have (2) empty 1.1 USB ports I use ONLY ONE for several
devices and plug in and unplug them as I use them (because I have a USB
cable that sticks out in fromt of my desk).

When I plug in my Iomega 40GB Portable Hard Drive...this shows up as a
drive under My Computer....Iomega_HHD (F:)
When I plug in my Lexar Jump Drive the drive is Public (F:) shows up
When I plug in my Kodak Card Reader the drive is Removable Disk (F:)
When I plug in my digital cd card disk into the kodak card
reader the drives...are Removable Disk (H:); Removable Disk (I:); Removable
Disk (J:)
When I plug in my digital sd card disk into the kodak card
reader the drives...are Removable Disk (H:); Kodak (I:); Removable Disk
Removable Disk (J:)

My question is that if I give my external hard drive the default letter
(F:) [or maybe I could make it (D:)? I don't know] than when I
unplug the external drive and plug another device into that port will the
(F:) still show up as useable Removable Disk (F:) or will (F:) be hidden?
Will the other devices function under (F:)?
The reason I want to use only this one single port for ALL these variou
devices is because I simply don't want to leave them pluged in all the time.
I store the devices in other places to have them out of the way and for
security.
Or do you simply recommend I use one of my 2 empty USB 1.1 ports
dedicated solely to my external hard drive?

Thanks for your consideration and assistance,

P.S. As you can see I have not as of yet given this drive a designated
drive letter
Click to expand...

I don't know if this will help you. I use Me.

I have permanent drives to G:

If I assign my Fuji stick the letter I:, when I insert it it
is I:

If I then put my Memorex stick in it becomes H: and the Fuji
remains I:

Remove everything.

Put in Memorex, it is H:
Put in no-name stick, it it I:
Put in Fuji, it is J:

Tom Debski
 
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