Removable Drive (USB Memory card) is assigned to a Mapped ..

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This could happened if you at one time assigned the G: to the removable
drive.
To correct this:
1. un-assign the current directory that is now mapped to the G:,
2. using Disk Management, remove a drive letter assignment to the removable
drive,
3. remove the removable drive,
4. re-assign G: to the mapped directory
5 .plug the removable back
It should now have new drive letter.

--
Pavel


"Craig Roberts" <Somewhere @ Lindstrom Minnesota USA> wrote in message
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> I'm a developer.
>
> I have a directory mapped to G: to mimic the setup of a client system.
>
> When I plugged in a removable drive it gets assigned to the existing G
> drive and disappears.
>
> I know I can reassign it using the Disk Management, but I don't think I
> should have to do this every time I plug in a removeable drive. Is there a
> way to tell Windows XP not to use a drive already assigned to a drive
> letter?
>
> Craig Lindstrom
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;297694
> To work around this issue if the new volume appears in Disk Management,
> specify a different drive letter for the new device or volume. To do this,
> follow these steps: 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
> 2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Disk Management.
> 3. In the list of drives in the right pane, right-click the new drive
> and then click Change Drive Letter and Path(s).
> 4. Click Change, and in the drop-down box, select a drive letter for
> the new drive that is not assigned to a mapped network drive.
> 5. Click OK, and then click OK again.
> Both the mapped network drives and the recently installed drive appear in
> Windows Explorer.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I think you got it fixed. Same can happen with Mapped network drives, so be
careful. On the other hand, sometimes you do want to have a fixed drive
letter assigned to a removable USB drive, specially when more than one such
drive is used in which case it would be a good practice to use drive letters
from the end of the alphabet.

--
Pavel


"Craig Roberts" <Somewhere @ Lindstrom Minnesota USA> wrote in message
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> Pavel,
>
> Thanks for a timely answer!
>
> Craig
>
> "Pavel" <Atin90@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> newsL%2300DioFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This could happened if you at one time assigned the G: to the removable
>> drive.
>> To correct this:
>> 1. un-assign the current directory that is now mapped to the G:,
>> 2. using Disk Management, remove a drive letter assignment to the
>> removable drive,
>> 3. remove the removable drive,
>> 4. re-assign G: to the mapped directory
>> 5 .plug the removable back
>> It should now have new drive letter.
>>
>> --
>> Pavel
>>
>>
>> "Craig Roberts" <Somewhere @ Lindstrom Minnesota USA> wrote in message
>> news:%23By2AdhoFHA.2916@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm a developer.
>>>
>>> I have a directory mapped to G: to mimic the setup of a client system.
>>>
>>> When I plugged in a removable drive it gets assigned to the existing G
>>> drive and disappears.
>>>
>>> I know I can reassign it using the Disk Management, but I don't think I
>>> should have to do this every time I plug in a removeable drive. Is there
>>> a way to tell Windows XP not to use a drive already assigned to a drive
>>> letter?
>>>
>>> Craig Lindstrom
>>>
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;297694
>>> To work around this issue if the new volume appears in Disk Management,
>>> specify a different drive letter for the new device or volume. To do
>>> this, follow these steps: 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click
>>> Manage.
>>> 2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Disk Management.
>>> 3. In the list of drives in the right pane, right-click the new
>>> drive and then click Change Drive Letter and Path(s).
>>> 4. Click Change, and in the drop-down box, select a drive letter
>>> for the new drive that is not assigned to a mapped network drive.
>>> 5. Click OK, and then click OK again.
>>> Both the mapped network drives and the recently installed drive appear
>>> in Windows Explorer.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>