Drive Mapping - USB Card Reader

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Since the default mapping was not used for the network drives Z->A, You
will need to adjust the local letters yourself in Disk Management.

Dave "IT" wrote:

> I'm in a network environment, and my computer has several network drives
> mapped (F, G, H, O and R). These, obviously, resolve after login (WindowsXP
> Professional). I've recently purchased a 12-in-1 media card reader. If I
> plug the device in before the computer is on, it maps 4 drives ( F, G, H and
> I ), therefore not allowing the network drives to map. If I plug it in
> after I boot the computer, only one drive ( I ) gets mapped, rendering the
> other 3 slots/drive on the device useless.
>
> Seeing as I cannot map the network drives to different letters (due to
> network software hardcoding), how can I get my hardware to map 'around' the
> other drive mappings?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dave
>
>

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"Dave "IT"" <canttell@dueto.spam> wrote in message
news:1n%pe.10509$Nd3.687636@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I'm in a network environment, and my computer has several network drives
> mapped (F, G, H, O and R). These, obviously, resolve after login
(WindowsXP
> Professional). I've recently purchased a 12-in-1 media card reader. If I
> plug the device in before the computer is on, it maps 4 drives ( F, G, H
and
> I ), therefore not allowing the network drives to map. If I plug it in
> after I boot the computer, only one drive ( I ) gets mapped, rendering the
> other 3 slots/drive on the device useless.
>
> Seeing as I cannot map the network drives to different letters (due to
> network software hardcoding), how can I get my hardware to map 'around'
the
> other drive mappings?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dave
>
>

Try this:
- Boot your machine with the reader plugged in.
- Run regedit.exe
- Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
- Rename \DosDevices\F: to DosDevices\Q:
- Do the same with the remaining drive letters for your card.
- Reboot the machine.

Your card reader will now be visible on drives Q:, R:, S: and T:.