[bookport] Re: The drive letter assignment (APH please read)
- From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:06:33 -0800 (PST)
Small correction on Step #6:
I should have said route jaws to pc cursor
--- petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My setup here is: Windows XP Home, JAWS 5.10. I also have been
> using an mp3 player/recorder with 20 gb of storage called the
> RipDrive which is made by a company called PoGo Products for
> over a year.
>
> The RipDrive mp3 device when connected to computer using the
> usb
> cables shows up on my g:\ drive. When I remove the RipDrive
> device from the USB cables the unit no longer is using the g:\
> drive.
>
> The RipDrive does not use any software.
>
> On Friday I installed my Book Port device successfully. The
> Book
> Port also uses the g:\ drive letter when it is connected to my
> computer.
>
> My questions are:
>
> Could there be a drive letter conflict since both devices
> (RipDrive & Book Port) use drive letter g:\ when each of these
> devices is separetly connected to my computer. I never have
> both
> devices connected to my computer at the same time.
>
> Should I reassign the drive letter for my RipDrive and leave
> my
> Book Port on my g:\ drive letter as it is?
>
> Finally, APH has the following instructions for reassigning
> drive letter for the Book Port:
>
> How Do you Reassign Drive Letters Under XP?
>
> One of the things that can happen when you connect your Book
> Port is that its drive letter can conflict with an existing
> drive letter. Here is how to change
> Book Port's drive letter assignment under XP.
> 1. Open the Control Panel.
> 2. Select Administrative Tools.
> 3. Select Computer Management.
> 4. Select Storage in the list view on the right.
> 5. Select Disk Management (local.)
> 6. Right-click the removable drive currently used by the Book
> Port. (Note that the applications key does not work in this
> instance.)
> 7. Select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
> 8. Tab to the Change button and press Enter.
> 9. Select the "Assign the following drive letter" radio
> button.
> 10. Select the unused drive letter you prefer in the box.
> 11. Select OK.
>
> My question:
>
> Does the Book Port device have to be physically connected to
> my
> computer in order to do the above 11 steps for the drive
> letter
> assignment change? There is no mention that the Book Port
> device
> has to be connected to my computer.
>
> Step 6: Says applications key on keyboard will not work. Will
> doing a route pc to jaws cursor keystrokes and then pressing
> the
> key on the numeric keypad for a right mouse click do it? As I
> cannot use the mouse's right click. Or is this will require
> sighted assistance to do the right mouse click?
>
> Last question: Should I move the drive letter for my RipDrive
> anyway to avoid future conflicts?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
>
>
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