specify a letter for a usb key

[Guest NT]

hello

 

is it possible (by example with a registry modification) that a usb key take

a specific letter when i plug it in

 

thanks nicolas

[Guest Augustus]

Re: specify a letter for a usb key

 

 

"NT" <nt29@community.nospam> wrote in message

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> hello

>

> is it possible (by example with a registry modification) that a usb key

> take a specific letter when i plug it in

>

> thanks nicolas

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

[Guest Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]]

RE: specify a letter for a usb key

 

Hello,

 

According to your description, my understanding is that you want to assign

a specific drive letter to your USB storage device.

 

If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know.

 

Based on my research, once we have changed the drive letter of a USB

storage device on Windows XP machine, then this device will always be

assigned the same drive letter as long as you plug it in the same USB port

on your machine as before.

 

We could change the drive letter of the USB device by the following steps:

 

1. Right click My Computer.

2. Click 'Manage' button to open Computer Management Console.

3. Under Storage -> Disk Management snap-in, right click the USB storage

volume and click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths for X:'.

4. Click 'Change' button and assign the driver letter you want to use for

this volume.

5. Click OK to save the change.

 

Moreover, please pay attention to avoiding conflict when assigning drive

letters to the USB storage devices.

 

I hope this helps. Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

Neo Zhu,

Microsoft Online Support

Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

 

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[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: specify a letter for a usb key

 

 

"Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]" <v-jpzhu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hello,

>

> According to your description, my understanding is that you want to assign

> a specific drive letter to your USB storage device.

>

> If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know.

>

> Based on my research, once we have changed the drive letter of a USB

> storage device on Windows XP machine, then this device will always be

> assigned the same drive letter as long as you plug it in the same USB port

> on your machine as before.

>

 

The requirement for that last part depends on the USB drive. If it is

electronically serial numbered, then it will retain the same drive letter

regardless of which USB port you plug it into as XP can always recognise

that it is the same device.

 

If it isn't serial numbered then, as you note, it only works when plugged

into the same port. This is because when you plug it into a different port,

XP has no way of knowing if it is the same drive or a different one and it

will install it as a new drive if it hasn't been plugged into that port

before.

[Guest Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]]

Re: specify a letter for a usb key

 

Hello Augustus,

 

Thank you very much for the information sharing.

 

This is really helpful.

 

Sincerely,

Neo Zhu,

Microsoft Online Support

Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

 

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Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Subject: Re: specify a letter for a usb key

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:12:53 -0000

 

 

"Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]" <v-jpzhu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:TkVVHbRfIHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> Hello,

>

> According to your description, my understanding is that you want to assign

> a specific drive letter to your USB storage device.

>

> If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know.

>

> Based on my research, once we have changed the drive letter of a USB

> storage device on Windows XP machine, then this device will always be

> assigned the same drive letter as long as you plug it in the same USB port

> on your machine as before.

>

 

The requirement for that last part depends on the USB drive. If it is

electronically serial numbered, then it will retain the same drive letter

regardless of which USB port you plug it into as XP can always recognise

that it is the same device.

 

If it isn't serial numbered then, as you note, it only works when plugged

into the same port. This is because when you plug it into a different

port,

XP has no way of knowing if it is the same drive or a different one and it

will install it as a new drive if it hasn't been plugged into that port

before