Guest Mary Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 I used to have 3 external USB hard drives permanentaly connected to my computer and I had one USB drive that I would connect off and on. I am intending to consolidate all my external drives and have 'ejected' all of them. I also went into Disk Mgmt and disabled them. However, My computer and also Disk Mgmt. still lists "G, H, I, J" drive. If I add another drive, it shows up as K or later. Oh, I also went into the registry to delete the references there. How can I get rid of G, H, I, J and free them up for re-use ? Thanks,
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Re: USB drive letters still visible even after ejecting and disabling "Mary" <Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E7D22720-82D5-4621-AB51-7DA64B421D5D@microsoft.com... >I used to have 3 external USB hard drives permanentaly connected to my > computer and I had one USB drive that I would connect off and on. I am > intending to consolidate all my external drives and have 'ejected' all of > them. I also went into Disk Mgmt and disabled them. However, My > computer > and also Disk Mgmt. still lists "G, H, I, J" drive. If I add another > drive, > it shows up as K or later. > > Oh, I also went into the registry to delete the references there. > > How can I get rid of G, H, I, J and free them up for re-use ? > > Thanks, There is no "disable" option in diskmgmt.msc, only a "remove" option. This is the one you need to select. Where exactly did you delete them in the registry? Did you subsequently reboot the machine?
Guest Mary Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: USB drive letters still visible even after ejecting and disabl Re: USB drive letters still visible even after ejecting and disabl Thanks for the prompt response. Yes, I have rebooted the machine. On the registry, I had deleted the entry in HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE;SYSTEM; MOUNTED DEVICES: DosDevices/H etc. Did this by right-clicking and deleting. In checking the registry, these entries are back in the registry. Mary "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Mary" <Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E7D22720-82D5-4621-AB51-7DA64B421D5D@microsoft.com... > >I used to have 3 external USB hard drives permanentaly connected to my > > computer and I had one USB drive that I would connect off and on. I am > > intending to consolidate all my external drives and have 'ejected' all of > > them. I also went into Disk Mgmt and disabled them. However, My > > computer > > and also Disk Mgmt. still lists "G, H, I, J" drive. If I add another > > drive, > > it shows up as K or later. > > > > Oh, I also went into the registry to delete the references there. > > > > How can I get rid of G, H, I, J and free them up for re-use ? > > > > Thanks, > > There is no "disable" option in diskmgmt.msc, only a "remove" > option. This is the one you need to select. > > Where exactly did you delete them in the registry? Did you > subsequently reboot the machine? > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: USB drive letters still visible even after ejecting and disabl Re: USB drive letters still visible even after ejecting and disabl "Mary" <Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0BF12944-8E1D-439F-92F9-F61C57985878@microsoft.com... > Thanks for the prompt response. > > Yes, I have rebooted the machine. > > On the registry, I had deleted the entry in HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE;SYSTEM; > MOUNTED DEVICES: DosDevices/H etc. Did this by right-clicking and > deleting. > > In checking the registry, these entries are back in the registry. > > Mary > Let's try a little experiment. Do it with all USB deviced unplugged. 1. Download this file to c:\DiskParms.vbs. You will find it at this location for a limited time. http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/1676800_zti1c/diskparms.vbs 2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK} 3. Type the following commands: mountvol>c:\test.txt{Enter} fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo g:>>c:\test.txt{Enter} dir g:\>>c:\test.txt{Enter} cscript //nologo c:\diskparms.vbs >>c:\test.txt{Enter} notepad c:\test.txt{Enter} 4. Paste the contents of the file you see into your reply.
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