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hi,

i am using WinXP, sp1.

i recently purchased an external 'mini' usb drive. it is a Firefly from
Smartdisk. the drive seems to work fine. i can see it when i rite-clik my
computer|manage|disk management. the drive shows as disk 2, says it is
online & healthy. i assigned drive L to it.

if i go to dos i can type 'L:' and get to the drive, even 'copy c:\.' and
copy bunches of stuff to it.

but i cannot seem to 'see' it thru windows. my computer shows lots of
drives (my 2 internal drives and their partitions c,d,e,f,w,z), several
mapped network drives g,h,j,p,q and my dvd & cd roms r & s. but no 'L'. i
noticed a similar problem recently and posted about it, with no reply yet,
when i mapped a network drive to 'K:'. it too doesnt show as an available
driver altho i can access it via dos.

can someone explain how to fix this? its almost as if Windows is not
letting me use certain letters, but i have no clue which i can or cant.
when i chose the 'L' monicker for the drive it came from a windows
assignment picklist.

thanks.

jim

 

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Have you installed and used TweakUI ?? In it, there'a a possibility to hide
drive letters..


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"jim sturtz" <jim@sturtzs.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> hi,
>
> i am using WinXP, sp1.
>
> i recently purchased an external 'mini' usb drive. it is a Firefly from
> Smartdisk. the drive seems to work fine. i can see it when i rite-clik
my
> computer|manage|disk management. the drive shows as disk 2, says it is
> online & healthy. i assigned drive L to it.
>
> if i go to dos i can type 'L:' and get to the drive, even 'copy c:\.' and
> copy bunches of stuff to it.
>
> but i cannot seem to 'see' it thru windows. my computer shows lots of
> drives (my 2 internal drives and their partitions c,d,e,f,w,z), several
> mapped network drives g,h,j,p,q and my dvd & cd roms r & s. but no 'L'.
i
> noticed a similar problem recently and posted about it, with no reply yet,
> when i mapped a network drive to 'K:'. it too doesnt show as an available
> driver altho i can access it via dos.
>
> can someone explain how to fix this? its almost as if Windows is not
> letting me use certain letters, but i have no clue which i can or cant.
> when i chose the 'L' monicker for the drive it came from a windows
> assignment picklist.
>
> thanks.
>
> jim
>
>

 

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tom,

seems like that may have been the problem. i have TweakUI installed. i do
not recall 'unchecking' any particular drives letters, but the L drive wasnt
checked so i did so. when i looked at my computer then, the USB drive as L:
now shows up. TUI diddles the registry settings i believe, any idea where
this is in it?

thanks.

jim


"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23QreYA84EHA.3760@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Have you installed and used TweakUI ?? In it, there'a a possibility to
hide
> drive letters..
>
>
> --
> Tumppi
> Reply to group
> =================================================
> Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com
> Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM)
> (translations from FI/SE not always accurate)
> =================================================
>
>
>
> "jim sturtz" <jim@sturtzs.com> kirjoitti viestissä
> news:OHAsTz54EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > hi,
> >
> > i am using WinXP, sp1.
> >
> > i recently purchased an external 'mini' usb drive. it is a Firefly from
> > Smartdisk. the drive seems to work fine. i can see it when i rite-clik
> my
> > computer|manage|disk management. the drive shows as disk 2, says it is
> > online & healthy. i assigned drive L to it.
> >
> > if i go to dos i can type 'L:' and get to the drive, even 'copy c:\.'
and
> > copy bunches of stuff to it.
> >
> > but i cannot seem to 'see' it thru windows. my computer shows lots of
> > drives (my 2 internal drives and their partitions c,d,e,f,w,z), several
> > mapped network drives g,h,j,p,q and my dvd & cd roms r & s. but no 'L'.
> i
> > noticed a similar problem recently and posted about it, with no reply
yet,
> > when i mapped a network drive to 'K:'. it too doesnt show as an
available
> > driver altho i can access it via dos.
> >
> > can someone explain how to fix this? its almost as if Windows is not
> > letting me use certain letters, but i have no clue which i can or cant.
> > when i chose the 'L' monicker for the drive it came from a windows
> > assignment picklist.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > jim
> >
> >
>
>

 

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Me? Not a clue as to where in the reg it does this stuff...


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=================================================
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=================================================



"jim sturtz" <jim@sturtzs.com> kirjoitti viestissä
news:eWGjgZD5EHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> tom,
>
> seems like that may have been the problem. i have TweakUI installed. i
do
> not recall 'unchecking' any particular drives letters, but the L drive
wasnt
> checked so i did so. when i looked at my computer then, the USB drive as
L:
> now shows up. TUI diddles the registry settings i believe, any idea where
> this is in it?
>
> thanks.
>
> jim
>
>
> "Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23QreYA84EHA.3760@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Have you installed and used TweakUI ?? In it, there'a a possibility to
> hide
> > drive letters..
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tumppi
> > Reply to group
> > =================================================
> > Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com
> > Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM)
> > (translations from FI/SE not always accurate)
> > =================================================
> >
> >
> >
> > "jim sturtz" <jim@sturtzs.com> kirjoitti viestissä
> > news:OHAsTz54EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i am using WinXP, sp1.
> > >
> > > i recently purchased an external 'mini' usb drive. it is a Firefly
from
> > > Smartdisk. the drive seems to work fine. i can see it when i
rite-clik
> > my
> > > computer|manage|disk management. the drive shows as disk 2, says it
is
> > > online & healthy. i assigned drive L to it.
> > >
> > > if i go to dos i can type 'L:' and get to the drive, even 'copy c:\.'
> and
> > > copy bunches of stuff to it.
> > >
> > > but i cannot seem to 'see' it thru windows. my computer shows lots of
> > > drives (my 2 internal drives and their partitions c,d,e,f,w,z),
several
> > > mapped network drives g,h,j,p,q and my dvd & cd roms r & s. but no
'L'.
> > i
> > > noticed a similar problem recently and posted about it, with no reply
> yet,
> > > when i mapped a network drive to 'K:'. it too doesnt show as an
> available
> > > driver altho i can access it via dos.
> > >
> > > can someone explain how to fix this? its almost as if Windows is not
> > > letting me use certain letters, but i have no clue which i can or
cant.
> > > when i chose the 'L' monicker for the drive it came from a windows
> > > assignment picklist.
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > > jim
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>