Set up a specific drive letter for a thumb drive?

[Rick B]

My laptop has several drives mapped to specific letters. When I plug in my
thunb drive, it always identifies it as G:. One of our hardware guys set
this p for me, but I do not rememebr how he did it.

I just plugged in a different thumb drive to try to load a file onto my
laptop, and the drive does not show up in "My Computer". I think this is
because I have other drives mapped as D: E: F: and G:.

I can see the thumb drive in Device Manager, but I can't see a way to
specify which drive letter to use.

Can anyone help me out here? How can I explore this thumb drive?

Thanks!

 

[John Wunderlich]

My laptop has several drives mapped to specific letters. When I
plug in my thunb drive, it always identifies it as G:. One of our
hardware guys set this up for me, but I do not rememebr how he did
it.

I just plugged in a different thumb drive to try to load a file
onto my laptop, and the drive does not show up in "My Computer".
I think this is because I have other drives mapped as D: E: F: and
G:.

I can see the thumb drive in Device Manager, but I can't see a way
to specify which drive letter to use.

Can anyone help me out here? How can I explore this thumb drive?

Thanks!

The problem of drives not appearing should have been fixed with SP3.
There is a hot-fix for SP2. In any event, you may want to read:

"New drive or mapped network drive not available in Windows Explorer"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297694>

To answer your question, you should be able to set a drive letter using
the Disk Manager:

Right-Click "My Computer" -> Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management.
Right-Click on drive -> Change Drive Letter & Paths...

HTH,
John

 

[RBear3]

John:

That was exactly what my IT guy showed me in the past. Thank you so much!

RBear3