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More info?)
You may have to map some of these drives as folders in other drives. Or you
may have to forgo mapping drive letters and simply using unc paths to access
them remotely.
"SSVEC ICS" <SSVECICS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC418E5A-0FF6-4C10-BF70-DE276A224790@microsoft.com...
> No, truly. This often takes several minutes on a fully operational
> Pentium 4
> desktop, and much longer on a top of the line Celeron.
>
> "Jonybrv" wrote:
>
>> Not exactly. They can handle more than this.
>> --
>> Jonybrv
>>
>>
>> "SSVEC ICS" wrote:
>>
>> > The data is a very large map file ( ~1.5GB). Each vehicle has a small
>> > computer with a map reading program. This program is not
>> > available/feasable
>> > for a handheld computer.
>> >
>> > "Jonybrv" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Oh.
>> > >
>> > > I was thinking of easy portable devices like PDA's ( Palm, iPAQ
>> > > personal
>> > > organizers). This device is reliable in such a situation. Data
>> > > transfer can
>> > > be done in GBs using SD cards and personal organizer software can
>> > > determine
>> > > the user account to which data is to be synchronized.
>> > >
>> > > I hope you had this idea already as it seems you have analysed till
>> > > Wireless
>> > > cards.
>> > >
>> > > Economically, yes, you can think of USB flash drives at this
>> > > situation that
>> > > supports NTFS ( you may loose some space due to ntfs ), mount them to
>> > > folders
>> > > instead of drivers letters ( you can have the folders in the name of
>> > > route #
>> > > or the driver). Check if unmounting and mouting is possible easily
>> > > through
>> > > your batch file.
>> > >
>> > > Hope this helps.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Jonybrv
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "SSVEC ICS" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I'm not the boss. Customer is not right. I work for the ICS dept
>> > > > of the
>> > > > company. Unless the town quadruples (another 120,000+) in the next
>> > > > 10 years,
>> > > > the company will not be expanding too much. Right now there are
>> > > > only 20-30
>> > > > vehicles going to use the system. If need be, we (ICS) can set up
>> > > > 2
>> > > > computers with the batch file. This is the most economical and
>> > > > plausible
>> > > > situation. We've already explored all other options, including
>> > > > wireless
>> > > > networks. If you have any ideas I'll be glad to pass them on to my
>> > > > supervisor.
>> > > >
>> > > > "Jonybrv" wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > This does not sound right. What if this company grows ? Will you
>> > > > > look for a
>> > > > > 1000+ USB port hub ?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > There are plenty of other options.
>> > > > > Think twice before you advise any thing to this customer.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Jonybrv
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > "SSVEC ICS" wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > I have a need to connect more than 20 USB devices to a single
>> > > > > > computer. How
>> > > > > > can I do this when there are only 26 letters in the alphabet,
>> > > > > > and each device
>> > > > > > must be mapped as a letter? I want to be able to access them
>> > > > > > all
>> > > > > > simultaneously, or nearly so, and I won't be able to help the
>> > > > > > end user of
>> > > > > > this system all the time plugging and unplugging USB devices.
>> > > > > > The OS is Win
>> > > > > > XP Pro SP2 with all updates.