RE: [OT] - Changing drive letters

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, - 1 more thing that I have noticed loads of times when you have
quite a large number of both network drives *and* removable drives, is
that the disk manager will quite occasionally assign the *same* drive
letter to a removable and network drive...

It seems to be smart enough to know about all the fixed drives, and to
avoid the drive letters used by those when assigning removable ones, but
hardly a day goes by when I don't have to change the drive letter
assigned to a removable device, because it's the same as a mapped
network drive. (because network drives aren't included in disk manager
of course...)

Of course, this probably isn't your problem anyway, 'cos having re-read
your post, I see that it doesn't actually appear in disk manager, which
is not the case for this scenario.. - mine always show the removable
drives in disk manager, - it just doesn't show them in explorer until I
change the duplicate drive letter...

Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Phil Harris
Sent: 14 May 2005 01:30
To: UKHA_D Group
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] - Changing drive letters


I believe we both have the same laptop - A117S? - and the below works on
mine as I always set my optical and network drives to be "high"
letters
(from Z backwards).

Make sure that when you right-click on the drive entry under Disk
Management
to get the "Change Drive Letter And Paths" option that you do so
on the
grey
block to the *LEFT*  of the area where it would show the partition
information (i.e in the area where it says "Disk 1 Removable (F:) No
Media"
on my lappy).

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ho Yin Ng
> Sent: 14 May 2005 01:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] - Changing drive letters
>
>
>
> Neil,
>
> Yeah I have done that but ... it does not show up under my
> disk management .. even if I insert a memory stick!!!
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ho yin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Neil Fuller
> Sent: 13 May 2005 21:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] - Changing drive letters
>
> Depends on OS but in 2k and XP, which I guess you have . . . . ..
>
> + Right click my computer and click manage.
> + Expand the Storage branch and select Disk Management Once
> the snap in
> + is populated, select the drive whos drive letter you want
>
> to change in the lower right pane.
> + Right click on the drive and select "Change drive letter and
paths"
> + The rest is easy - Just don't change "C"!!
>
> I always change by USB flash stick to U and my zip to Z
>
> HTH
>
> Cheers
>
> Neil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ho Yin Ng" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:08 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] - Changing drive letters
>
>
> >I need to change a drive letter on my laptop as my office
> uses drive F as
> > the projects folder.
> >
> >
> >
> > However F is taken by my built in Sony Memory stick slot.
> It does not show
> > up under disk management although my Compact Flash card slot
does.
> >
> >
> >
> > So I cannot seem to change the drive letter.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone know of a way of doing it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Also anyone know how to setup a rule I outlook when not
> connected to the
> > exchange server? I want to setup a rule for my pop3 mail box in
my
> > personal
> > folder and no the email through the exchange server, but it
> is not letting
> > me do it .. saying I need to be connected to the exchange
> server even
> > though
> > it has nothing to do with it!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Ho yin
> >
> >
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