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calmat

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hello everyone

I have two external drives connected to my laptop, one is a `G` drive and the other is a`H` drive. The problem that i have is when i plug in my e-reader which comes on as an `F` drive it seems to change the letters of the external drives
which means i have to keep changing them back to their original letters.
how can i stop this happening.

regards calmat
 

My Computer

System One

When you plug in external devices, there is the consideration of the sequential order in which they are initially attached. For instance, if I have two USB drives where one appears as G and the other H, if I later reboot and install the one that previously showed as H, it may show as G.
Also, if I have 3 USB drives and always use them one at a time, they may each appear as "F" every time I use them.

However, I did an experiment where I had the Disk Management dialog (under Computer Management-->Storage) open when I attached two USB drives. In the interface, I manually selected two different drive letters for those USB drives. One mapped as "H" and the other as "I" (by default they were "F" and "G"). I ejected the drives, then plugged in the one I had designated as "I". Sure enough, it showed up as "I", not "F" as I would have expected since "F" would be the next logical drive letter.

I suggest plugging in all three of your devices, then explicitly selecting drive letters for them in the Disk Management. Hopefully by doing this, the computer will remember each device with the previously designated drive letter and avoid any unexpected reassignments.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
You're welcome, calmat. I'm glad to help you. Let us know how it works out. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
Well, that's really strange. Vista doesn't seem to be persisting the drive reference for unique devices installed on your system. How about trying a drive letter for the E-Reader as something at least a few letters distant from the external hard drives? Perhaps something like "Z" or "X".

Do you have a USB drive handy? If so, try doing what I suggested without involving the E-Reader. If it works, then you'll know that it's the E-Reader driver that is somehow forcing a specific drive letter. If that is the case, I'd contact the support staff for the device to see if they can help.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
^ You're welcome, calmat. There's always an answer to a problem, but often in the world of computers it's an elusive one. Hopefully you're getting close.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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