Cannot name a drive above letter H

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I have a TravelDrive 256Mb. flash drive. It works fine in 2 other computers
but on my Dell tower, WinXP, SP2, it is not seen in "My Computer" or Windows
Explorer unless it is named drive H or a letter below H.

I have FDD A:, HDD C:, HDD D:, CDROM E:, DVD F: USB Printer G:, USB Printer
H:

If I rename the TravelDrive or a USB printer to any letter above H, then
that device will not be seen in "My Computer" or Windows Explorer no matter
how many devices are, or are not, plugged in.

If unplug a printer and plug in TravelDrive named H, TravelDrive will be
seen. If TravelDrive is named letter I or above, it will not be seen whether
I have one, two or no printers plugged in.

The limition appears to be using a drive letter above H, even though the
TravelDrive, or any other drive can be seen, no matter what letter it is
assigned, by looking in Computer Management>Disk Management.

I changed the TravelDrive, CDROM drives and the printer letters to p, q, s,
etc. but that did not help.

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
1. Download TweakUI from MS support downloads
2. Use it to see if display of certain drive letters in the Explorer is
disabled

--PA
 
BRILLIANT Pavel ! Issue resolved. Memorex, Sandisk and Dell could not come up
with an answer. I had TweakUI on my computer but failed to use it. Many
thanks.

Why do you suppose the drives beyond H were unchecked?

Greg
 
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