Drive letter of a USB flash/jump/thumb drive [Archive]

Onan the Clumsy

11th Apr 2006, 23:59

I have two of these and I had then plugged in as G: and H: the other day. I removed them both (safely) and today I reinstalled the one that was H: and it came up as...H:

Does that mean it remembers? Why isn't it called G: this time?

Conan the Librarian

12th Apr 2006, 11:26

MS work on the basis of a drive snatching the first letter it can. You can read the drive ok, because flash drives normally carry data and not programs. There is rarely anything on there that needs a path.

Iif you want to allocate a letter, have a stroll to the control panel - Admin tools and you can manage things from there.

Conan

Mac the Knife

12th Apr 2006, 11:43

Read this

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1676&page=9

and this

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

:ok:

Conan the Librarian

12th Apr 2006, 18:59

Nice one Mac! That is really useful to know.

Conan

Feline

12th Apr 2006, 20:19

Thanks very much indeed Mac! Very very useful! How do you find the time to sniff out all the amazing stuff?

AnEviltwinEr

12th Apr 2006, 22:17

Read this

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

I'd find that useful in this thread.

Onan the Clumsy

13th Apr 2006, 13:58

Thanks everyone that really is a big help (though it still doesn't explain the original anomoly, you know what I don't care)

I'm developing a little .net application and I carry it between hoime and work on a flash drive (1Gb for $29.99 :ok:) and this'll make things a lot easier.

AnEviltwinEr

13th Apr 2006, 15:28

Thanks everyone that really is a big help (though it still doesn't explain the original anomoly, you know what I don't care)

I'm developing a little .net application and I carry it between hoime and work on a flash drive (1Gb for $29.99 :ok:) and this'll make things a lot easier.
Where did you buy that?

Me wanna one. Me wanna one!

Onan the Clumsy

14th Apr 2006, 02:22

Better hurry up, I got it at Fry's it's like eighty bucks on sale for fifty with a twenty dollar mail in rebate or something. I think it's on till this weekend.

Assuming you have a Fry's near you...

AnEviltwinEr

14th Apr 2006, 14:58

Better hurry up, I got it at Fry's it's like eighty bucks on sale for fifty with a twenty dollar mail in rebate or something. I think it's on till this weekend.

Assuming you have a Fry's near you...

Nop, we doesnt have "Fry's" here in Snoreway.

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MightyGem

17th Apr 2006, 04:32

1Gb USB here (http://www.mymemory.co.uk/) for £17.99