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Hi,
I am having a problem in how my PC recognizes and assigns
storage drives. The drive letters A & G are assigned to
non-existent drives upon booting. I would like to
unassign these letters. I believe this occurred because I
have a USB floppy drive and USB-to-IDE connection that I
have occassionally used. Somehow my PC shows the driver
letters as being assigned even though neither device is
connected. If I click on either drive letter in explorer,
my PC will lock up.
If I attempt to connect the USB floppy, it will be
assigned as the B drive. If I connect the device after
booting and attempt to use the floppy in explorer, the PC
will lock. The only way I can use the floppy (or the USB-
to-IDE connector) is connect them before booting. Once
the PC has booted, then they are available.
I have Windows XP Pro installed on Dell 4600 (865G
chipset) and 2 hard drives & 2 optical drives (CD-RW & DVD-
RW). There is no installed floppy drive.
Hi,
I am having a problem in how my PC recognizes and assigns
storage drives. The drive letters A & G are assigned to
non-existent drives upon booting. I would like to
unassign these letters. I believe this occurred because I
have a USB floppy drive and USB-to-IDE connection that I
have occassionally used. Somehow my PC shows the driver
letters as being assigned even though neither device is
connected. If I click on either drive letter in explorer,
my PC will lock up.
If I attempt to connect the USB floppy, it will be
assigned as the B drive. If I connect the device after
booting and attempt to use the floppy in explorer, the PC
will lock. The only way I can use the floppy (or the USB-
to-IDE connector) is connect them before booting. Once
the PC has booted, then they are available.
I have Windows XP Pro installed on Dell 4600 (865G
chipset) and 2 hard drives & 2 optical drives (CD-RW & DVD-
RW). There is no installed floppy drive.