Skipped Drive Letters / USB related

[Guest joshmerringo@nopams.com]

I have always used Win98se.

I just bought a used computer with Win2k on it. I know 2K is similar

to XP. so maybe someone can help.

 

On my Win98 computer I had a C: drive that was my boot and programs

drive. Then I had a second slave drive that was all my storage of

pictures, music and dwnloads. It was split in 3 partitions (one for

each catagory I just mentioned). I was using Win2k and had my camera

card reader and a flash memory stick plugged in, which were listed as

D: and E:. When I plugged in this storage harddrive, I thought it

would end up being D: E: and F: (like it was in my old computer).

Instead it became F: G: H:. Because those USB devices were already

using D: and E:. I unplugged all USB devices entirely. Rebooted, and

that second harddrive is still showing drive letters F G H. I DONT

WANT THE USB DEVICES BEFORE THE HARD DRIVES. I WANT THEM AFTER.

I cant find any way to change this.

 

How can I do it?

 

One problem is that I was already in disk management and it only shows

the harddrive partitions. It dont show those USB's. It just skips

those two drive letters. I could change the harddrive letters in

there (not that I want to), but since it's not showing any "identity"

(is that the right word?) for those USB's, I cant change anything. I

even plugged the USB devices back in.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks

 

Josh

[Guest John John]

Re: Skipped Drive Letters / USB related

 

Plug the USB devices back in then right-click on them and in the

Properties assign them other unused drive letters, like U & V for

example, this will release letters D & E for other devices. Right click

on the drives on the storage devices and assign them new letters as you

want them, then to get rid of the U & V letters re-assign wanted letters

to the USB devices.

 

John

 

joshmerringo@nopams.com wrote:

> I have always used Win98se.

> I just bought a used computer with Win2k on it. I know 2K is similar

> to XP. so maybe someone can help.

>

> On my Win98 computer I had a C: drive that was my boot and programs

> drive. Then I had a second slave drive that was all my storage of

> pictures, music and dwnloads. It was split in 3 partitions (one for

> each catagory I just mentioned). I was using Win2k and had my camera

> card reader and a flash memory stick plugged in, which were listed as

> D: and E:. When I plugged in this storage harddrive, I thought it

> would end up being D: E: and F: (like it was in my old computer).

> Instead it became F: G: H:. Because those USB devices were already

> using D: and E:. I unplugged all USB devices entirely. Rebooted, and

> that second harddrive is still showing drive letters F G H. I DONT

> WANT THE USB DEVICES BEFORE THE HARD DRIVES. I WANT THEM AFTER.

> I cant find any way to change this.

>

> How can I do it?

>

> One problem is that I was already in disk management and it only shows

> the harddrive partitions. It dont show those USB's. It just skips

> those two drive letters. I could change the harddrive letters in

> there (not that I want to), but since it's not showing any "identity"

> (is that the right word?) for those USB's, I cant change anything. I

> even plugged the USB devices back in.

>

> Can anyone help?

>

> Thanks

>

> Josh