Glad to help.
I understand your concern about the electricity, heat, and
searching.
Good luck experimenting.
Terry
On 2/28/07, Tech Rose - LoveBytes <TechRose lovebytes.info> wrote:
>
> Thanks so much,... I will try this..
> This is greatly appreciated.
>
> While you initial solution would work.. just keep the
USB or firewire
> drives
> on all the time, there are some drives I just use for
weekly backups. I
> do
> not want to burn them up..(heat...etc) nor waste the
electricity.
> Additionally, doing a search can be more time consuming
including drives
> that I know do not contain the files I want. Each of
my drives are
> partitioned, therefore putting all those letters in the
search...(or
> remembering each drive letter on each drive would be
more problematic as I
> get older....lol!
>
> I will look into the folder option.
> Rose
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TD" <davisunitgmail.com>
> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:26 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Permanent Drive Letters
>
>
> Here is the text of the accepted answer from that
page:
> Terry
>
> Normally, XP assigns the next available drive letter
when you plug
> in<
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storag
e/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#
> >a
> USB drive.
>
> Alternative solution (the better solution) would be to
mount it as a
> folder
> in a partition on your hard
> disk<
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storag
e/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#
> >.
> You could also use your little USB drive to share files
across a network.
>
> Here is how you could set it all up:
> 1. Plug your USB drive into your
> computer<
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storag
e/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#
> >.
>
> 2. Click on the Start menu, then right-click on My
Computer and select
> Manage.
> 3. When the Computer Management window opens, expand
the entry labeled
> Storage and choose Disk Management.
> 4. Find the entry for your USB drive, right-click it,
and select Change
> drive letters and paths.
> 5. Now click on the Add button, and select Mount in the
following empty
> NTFS
> folder. You will now browse to the directory to which
you want to mount
> the
> drive. If you haven't created a directory, you may do
so now.
> 6. When done, you can now remove the drive letter which
is automatically
> assigned to the drive and click OK. Your USB drive now
has a permanent
> home
> inside your hard
> drive<
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storag
e/Misc/Q_21628818.html?qid=21628818#
> >(C .
>
> The really nice thing about this tip is that if you
ever unplug your USB
> keychain drive, the folder will still appear inside
your hard drive
> directory, but you will not be able to open it.
>
>
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