Problem using a jump drive

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An XP PC that I am using had several mapped drives including, A, B, C, D, F,
G, J, etc. Note that there is no E: in this list.

Formerly, When a jump drive was inserted into a USB port, I could hear the
chime that announced its presence, and it could be seen in the E: drive.

Now, the E: drive has been mapped for another purpose. I still hear the
chime, but the jump drive does not appear on any drive, even though there is
one available down the list.

What is the cause of this problem and how can it be fixed?

Thank you

Keith
 
Keith said:
An XP PC that I am using had several mapped drives including, A, B, C, D, F,
G, J, etc. Note that there is no E: in this list.

Formerly, When a jump drive was inserted into a USB port, I could hear the
chime that announced its presence, and it could be seen in the E: drive.

Now, the E: drive has been mapped for another purpose. I still hear the
chime, but the jump drive does not appear on any drive, even though there is
one available down the list.

What is the cause of this problem and how can it be fixed?

Thank you

Keith
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Mapped drives should use the high letters of the alphabet so
that the low letters are kept free for local drives and USB
devices. Using drive letters A:, B:, C: and D: for mapped drives,
as you say you do, is a bad idea.
 
Hi Keith.

Plug in the drive into the USB port. Click Start, Run and type DISKMGMT.MSC. Change the drive-letter for the USB disk.

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Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


An XP PC that I am using had several mapped drives including, A, B, C, D, F,
G, J, etc. Note that there is no E: in this list.

Formerly, When a jump drive was inserted into a USB port, I could hear the
chime that announced its presence, and it could be seen in the E: drive.

Now, the E: drive has been mapped for another purpose. I still hear the
chime, but the jump drive does not appear on any drive, even though there is
one available down the list.

What is the cause of this problem and how can it be fixed?

Thank you

Keith
 
Hi Pegasus,
Thank you very much. I'll share that information with the system
administrator who set it up this way.
Keith
 
Keith said:
An XP PC that I am using had several mapped drives including, A, B, C, D, F,
G, J, etc. Note that there is no E: in this list.

Formerly, When a jump drive was inserted into a USB port, I could hear the
chime that announced its presence, and it could be seen in the E: drive.

Now, the E: drive has been mapped for another purpose. I still hear the
chime, but the jump drive does not appear on any drive, even though there is
one available down the list.
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That's problem in XP, you can't fix it, you just have to avoid it. A
USB drive, when it's plugged in, is assigned the first letter not
assigned, even if it's been mapped to a network share. If it's been
mapped to a network share, you can't see the USB drive.

So leave one or more letters after your hard drive partition letters
unassigned before you start mapping network devices.
 
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