-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Permanent Drive Letters

My understanding of this is that external drives, when they
are turned on,
take the next available letter, so it's understandable
you're having trouble
by turning them on late.  The simplest solution would be
sure that they were
turned on before windows boots.  The internal drives should
retain they're
letters unless you manually change them.
As an alternative, you might find this
<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Stor
age/Misc/Q_21628818.html>interesting.
Terry

On 2/27/07, Tech Rose - LoveBytes <TechRoselovebytes.info> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think this is a simple question.. but is the
answer????
>
> My other half and I have at least  5 hard drives.
>
> Some are external hard drives.
>
> If they are not on when the machine boots and then I
turn one on later..as
> I
> will be using it, the drive letter is often changed.
>
> I have a U drive for Utilities and an M drive for My
Docs and a P drive
> for
> Programs, etc.
>
> So if I turn on a drive I consider the U drive, it may
say it is the G
> drive.
>
> We have taken out the card readers as they took a bunch
of drive
> letters.  I
> wanted to use drive letters easy for me to remember.
> The older I get, the more I need things to be second
nature.
>
> Is there some way to have the drive letters I have
assigned...Using
> Partition Magic (and yes it is still installed) remain
the same letters
> when
> they are running on the system.
>
> Lord knows what these drive letter changes do to my
records in Go Back.
>
> Also, when I do a Backup ..I want to be sure info is
being save to the
> correct drive letter.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Rose


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My understanding of this is that external drives, when they
are turned on,
take the next available letter, so it's understandable
you're having trouble
by turning them on late.  The simplest solution would be
sure that they were
turned on before windows boots.  The internal drives should
retain they're
letters unless you manually change them.
As an alternative, you might find this
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Misc/Q_21628
818.html
Terry
--------------------------------------------------
On 2/27/07, Tech Rose - LoveBytes <TechRoselovebytes.info> wrote:

 Hi,
 I think this is a simple question.. but is the answer????
 My other half and I have at least  5 hard drives.
 Some are external hard drives.
 If they are not on when the machine boots and then I turn
one on later..as
I
will be using it, the drive letter is often changed.
I have a U drive for Utilities and an M drive for My Docs
and a P drive
for Programs, etc.
So if I turn on a drive I consider the U drive, it may say
it is the G
drive.
We have taken out the card readers as they took a bunch of
drive
 letters.  I  wanted to use drive letters easy for me to
remember.
 The older I get, the more I need things to be second
nature.
Is there some way to have the drive letters I have
assigned...Using
Partition Magic (and yes it is still installed) remain the
same letters
when they are running on the system.

Lord knows what these drive letter changes do to my records
in Go Back.
Also, when I do a Backup ..I want to be sure info is being
save to the
correct drive letter.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Rose 


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