XP fails to assign drive letter

[Ken]

Win XP recognizes an external USB2.0 HD in Device Mgr but
fails to assign a drive letter visible in Win Explorer.

Admin Tools/comptermanagement/storage/disk
management "sees" the device.

Other devices such as digital camera do get assigned a
drive letter.

How can I make XP initialize a drive letter both in Pro
and Home?

Please respond also to email address because I'll never
find this newsgroup again.

 

[Stephen]

Are you using Power Toys TweakUI or some such?

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| Win XP recognizes an external USB2.0 HD in Device Mgr but
| fails to assign a drive letter visible in Win Explorer.
|
| Admin Tools/comptermanagement/storage/disk
| management "sees" the device.
|
| Other devices such as digital camera do get assigned a
| drive letter.
|
| How can I make XP initialize a drive letter both in Pro
| and Home?
|
| Please respond also to email address because I'll never
| find this newsgroup again.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Win XP recognizes an external USB2.0 HD in Device Mgr but
fails to assign a drive letter visible in Win Explorer.

Admin Tools/comptermanagement/storage/disk
management "sees" the device.

Other devices such as digital camera do get assigned a
drive letter.

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP!, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

In its My Computer - Drives page, ensure that all letters are checked