New USB Device - wrong Drive Letter

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Hello,

Can i define a special Drive Letter if i plug on a new USB-Device??

I always have a problem with such USB Devices - i have a Mapped Drive on my
Notebook - if i plug on a USB Device - this Device always takes this Drive
Letter?!

bye david
 
Rosenberg David said:
Hello,

Can i define a special Drive Letter if i plug on a new USB-Device??
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Yes, you can do this in Disk Administrator.

Run compmgmt.msc

Provided it's always the same USB device the change will usually survive
reboots.
 
Hello,

Can i define a special Drive Letter if i plug on a new USB-Device??

I always have a problem with such USB Devices - i have a Mapped Drive on my
Notebook - if i plug on a USB Device - this Device always takes this Drive
Letter?!

bye david
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Check out a product called USBDLM www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html,
it actually allows you to assign a series of drive letters that will
be taken when you plug a USB drive in, this way, not matter what USB
drive you plug in it will show as a specific drive.

It also works so that the USB drive does not dismount a network share.
 
Yes, follow the Computer Management way of dealing with it as that is the
recommended method. However, in the future, start mapping your drives lower
on the list of letters... Start with drive letters beyond what you might
think will be used by various hardware. Mid-way (M or N)is a good starting
point...although I normally work backwards from Z. Some printers with card
readers will take a letter for each slot! Adding another HDD or DVD will
screw that up too. Even worse - some apps will create virtual drives and
that'll screw with your mind as well. Nero did this to me not to long ago.
 
Hi,

thank you, very much.

bye david

Tome said:
Yes, follow the Computer Management way of dealing with it as that is the
recommended method. However, in the future, start mapping your drives lower
on the list of letters... Start with drive letters beyond what you might
think will be used by various hardware. Mid-way (M or N)is a good starting
point...although I normally work backwards from Z. Some printers with card
readers will take a letter for each slot! Adding another HDD or DVD will
screw that up too. Even worse - some apps will create virtual drives and
that'll screw with your mind as well. Nero did this to me not to long ago.
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