Device Unit Letter?

How can I determine the device unit letter independently?
When I connect a flash memory, it persists to use a reserved letter (G:),
not next available. The device is then not visible.

Anteaus
Fri Mar 28 09:01:02 PDT 2008

Well, if Microsoft doesn't know... <g>

Open a Run.... box and type "compmgmt.msc"

Go to Disk Adminstrator. There you can set the drive letter by
right-clicking it.

In most cases, a USB disk will retain the same letter when re-inserted
provided it's the exact same type. Different disks will acquire different
letters, though.

"Microsoft" wrote:

> How can I determine the device unit letter independently?
> When I connect a flash memory, it persists to use a reserved letter (G:),
> not next available. The device is then not visible.

S
Fri Mar 28 09:02:01 PDT 2008

I don't know of a way to change that behavior.

What I do is change the reserved letter, in your case G to H or something
and let the flash mem device use G

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: not next available. The device is then not visible.
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Uwe
Sat Mar 29 10:20:08 PDT 2008

Microsoft wrote:
> How can I determine the device unit letter independently?
> When I connect a flash memory, it persists to use a reserved letter (G:),
> not next available. The device is then not visible.

My USB drive letter manager can handle this:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

Or ask Microsoft for the hotfix which addresses this issue.
It's availlable since December 2007:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297694


Uwe

Microsoft
Mon Mar 31 01:29:05 PDT 2008


Thanks, that did it!

"Anteaus" <Anteaus@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:54AD8611-EC44-4596-9EEA-A435C2AD18ED@microsoft.com...
> Well, if Microsoft doesn't know... <g>
>
> Open a Run.... box and type "compmgmt.msc"
>
> Go to Disk Adminstrator. There you can set the drive letter by
> right-clicking it.
>
> In most cases, a USB disk will retain the same letter when re-inserted
> provided it's the exact same type. Different disks will acquire different
> letters, though.
>
> "Microsoft" wrote:
>
>> How can I determine the device unit letter independently?
>> When I connect a flash memory, it persists to use a reserved letter (G:),
>> not next available. The device is then not visible.
>