Re: USB mass storage device drive allocation-laptop

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On 10 Jan 2006 21:32:46 -0800, ecs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>In a previous USB storage device drive allocation discussion, the
>following pathway was given as the solution:
>
>'My Computer, Manage, Disk Management - assign a drive letter'.
>
>On my laptop, in Windows XP SP2, I cannot find this pathway. I open up
>disk Management/portable devices and my portable storage shows as
>'unallocated'. I have checked under every menu heading, RH mouse,
>properties, etc, but cannot find a path to 'assign a drive letter'. Can
>anyone enlighten me please?
>
>Cyril

Right-click "My Computer", "Manage", double-click "Disk Management"
At the top of the window are the drives that are mounted.
Right-click your storage device, and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths"

This works on WinXP Pro, and WinXP MCE; with both a flash drive, and a USB drive.
I just tried it on both those systems and external drives.

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