[access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:39:17 +0100
Mark,
Beg pardon for assuming you're using JAWS! I haven't tried it with Hal -
did the screen read okay with live focus, or did you use virtual focus?
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mark Threadgold
Sent: 18 April 2008 15:24
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
Steve, got it cracked, thanks very much.
I'll have to note the instructions down for next time it occurs.
Cheers all.
Mark Threadgold
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stupidity
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Griffiths, Steve
Sent: 18 April 2008 15:10
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
Mark,
I think the Microsoft article George quoted assumes you've got the
default Windows XP interface. If you have the Classic one, the first few
steps are slightly different. Go to Start, Settings, Control panel to
open the Control Panel window.
Arrow to Administrative tools and press Enter to open the Administrative
tools window.
DownArrow to Computer management and press Enter to open the Computer
management window.
Focus is in a tree view. DownArrow to Storage and make sure JAWS says
it's open. If it isn't, press RightArrow to open it. If it's already
open, just keep DownArrowing and you should find Disk management. If it
isn't there, you must have a different setup to me. I have Windows XP
Pro SP2 - how about you?
Once focus arrives on the disk management item, this should update
another area of the window. You can Tab around the screen to this area,
but it doesn't work well with the PC cursor so I'd suggest using the
JAWS cursor.
Maximise the window with Alt + SpaceBar, X
Open the View menu and go into the Bottom submenu. If Graphical view
isn't checked, press Enter on it to check it and close the menu system.
If it is already checked, press Alt to exit the menu system without
altering anything.
Press Insert + NumPad minus to route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor.
Press PageDown to get to the bottom of the screen, and UpArrow through
the information. You're looking for a line that starts with the word
Removable. When you get to it, press Insert + RightArrow to get the
mouse pointer onto it.
Press NumPad star to do a right mouse click on the drive and you should
get a context menu whose first item is "Change Drive Letter and
Paths...". Press Enter on it and a dialogue will open
Tab to the Change button and press it. A further dialogue opens. Tab to
the combo box and choose a letter.
OK out of the dialogue, confirming your choice as you do so, and use Alt
+ F4 to close the Computer management, Administrative tools and Control
Panel windows.
Have a cup of tea and a relax.
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mark Threadgold
Sent: 18 April 2008 09:56
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
George,
Thanks, but my machine does not seem to hav ethe performance and
maintenance
option. In computer management I do not have the disk management option
either.
I'll have another look later when the brain is a little refreshed!
Mark Threadgold
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
George Bell
Sent: 18 April 2008 09:38
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
Hi Mark,
This MS Knowledge Base Article may help you.
How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
George.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark
Threadgold
Sent: 18 April 2008 09:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
Peter,
Thanks, but this is not the problem. I find the drives in
exactly the same
way as yourself in explorer.
Rather the Second Copy application I use to back up my files
from the laptop
to the drives uses the drive letter assigned to the drive in
its profile.
Therefore if I now try to copy the fifty gigs of information
on one of the
hard drives to the other one, it is now trying to copy it to
a 1 gig pen
drive.
If I cannot force the drive letters back wo the way they
were I am going to
have to re jig the Second Copy profiles every time I want to
use it. This
is impractical as some of the backups are done by the
scheduler
automatically.
Cheers,
Mark Threadgold
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to
the stupidity
of your act...
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Logue
Sent: 18 April 2008 10:13
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Drive letter assignment
Hi Mark,
If its any help, I have re-named my removable drives, so
that in locating
them I do not have to rely on a drive letter. After opeing
Windows Explorer
my search can be as easy as hitting the letter F for - Fred.
Or - George in
which case you would type G. I disregard the actual drive
letter as my
first letter search does the job. I have 4 such drives and
this works well.
Peter Logue
Skype contact:
clydeview2008
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mark Threadgold
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:55 AM
To: accessuk list
Subject: [access-uk] Drive letter assignment
How do you change the drive letter assignment of a removable
drive, please?
I have a pair of WD Passport external hard drives on my
Toshiba laptop which
have had their drive letters of E and F and these have been
remembered by
the machine when they have been disconnected.
Today I plugged in a USB pen drive and it took the drive
letter E forcing
the first of the hard drives to use G when it was plugged
back in.
Previously it did not change the drive letter assignment
when plugged in and
removed in this manner and now my backup utility is messed
up as the drives
set in it are no longer correct.
How do I force the hard drive assignment back to E so it
picks up the pen
drive on G again please?
Regards,
Mark Threadgold
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