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disk mgmt drive assignment sticks on my xp
usb thumbdrive u:/
pcmcia sandisk adapter Compact Flash s:/
they always grab the same drive letter when I plug them in
"Seaserpen" <Seaserpen2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> you can manually set any drive to the letter you want through disk
> management (though I would highly recomend NOT changing you C: drive) it
> should work for any drive currently connected to your system. I'm not sure
> if it will stick with removable media or not though.
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> to get there, right-click my computer -> select manage from the opened
> list -> go to the disk management section in the left pane (located in
> storage if that section is closed)
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> this should open the disk management utility in the right pane. to change
> th driver letter just right click the drive and select "change driver
> letter and paths"
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> again, I do not recomend changing the C: drive.
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> "Udo Weik" <WeikEngOff@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:uprZ9S3oFHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
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>> can anyone advice me how I assign a drive letter statically
>> (e. g. for a removable media)? There are many infos that it
>> is possible in WIN 2000 and XP, but how (step by step...)?
>> Must a hard-drive be formatted with NTFS or does it work with
>> FAT32, too?
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>> Thanks and greetings
>> Udo
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