-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Permanent Drive Letters

Thanks so much,... I will try this..
This is greatly appreciated.

While you initial solution would work.. just keep the USB or firewire drives 
on all the time, there are some drives I just use for weekly backups.  I do 
not want to burn them up..(heat...etc) nor waste the electricity. 
Additionally, doing a search can be more time consuming including drives 
that I know do not contain the files I want.  Each of my drives are 
partitioned, therefore putting all those letters in the search...(or 
remembering each drive letter on each drive would be more problematic as I 
get older....lol!

I will look into the folder option.
Rose
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From: "TD" <davisunit@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Permanent Drive Letters


Here is the text of the accepted answer from that page:
Terry

Normally, XP assigns the next available drive letter when you plug
in<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#>a
USB drive.

Alternative solution (the better solution) would be to mount it as a folder
in a partition on your hard
disk<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#>.
You could also use your little USB drive to share files across a network.

Here is how you could set it all up:
1. Plug your USB drive into your
computer<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#>.

2. Click on the Start menu, then right-click on My Computer and select
Manage.
3. When the Computer Management window opens, expand the entry labeled
Storage and choose Disk Management.
4. Find the entry for your USB drive, right-click it, and select Change
drive letters and paths.
5. Now click on the Add button, and select Mount in the following empty NTFS
folder. You will now browse to the directory to which you want to mount the
drive. If you haven't created a directory, you may do so now.
6. When done, you can now remove the drive letter which is automatically
assigned to the drive and click OK. Your USB drive now has a permanent home
inside your hard
drive<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#>(C:).

The really nice thing about this tip is that if you ever unplug your USB
keychain drive, the folder will still appear inside your hard drive
directory, but you will not be able to open it. 


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