[bookport] Re: The drive letter assignment (APH please read)
- From: "Chris G" <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:44:48 -0500
hi,
the short answer is no.
if your book port and your other mp3 player share the same drive when they=
are connected at different times, that's not a problem.
on my laptop my bookport is drive e: and when i slide in a cf card with=
pcmcia adapter that is now my e: drive.
sometimes you need to change the drive letter if for example you are on a=
network and drive f is there as one of the networked drives and your=
bookport continues to try and get drive f:.
this happend to me at work and i had to change the bookport to drive x.
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On 1/9/2005 at 11:50 AM 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.=A0Open the Control Panel.
>2.=A0Select Administrative Tools.
>3.=A0Select Computer Management.
>4.=A0Select Storage in the list view on the right.
>5.=A0Select Disk Management (local.)
>6.=A0Right-click the removable drive currently used by the Book
>Port. (Note that the applications key does not work in this
>instance.)
>7.=A0Select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
>8.=A0Tab to the Change button and press Enter.
>9.=A0Select the "Assign the following drive letter" radio button.
>10.=A0Select the unused drive letter you prefer in the box.
>11.=A0Select 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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