Re: How are drive letters assigned / how to remove memory card...


Dear Richard, sorry for my bad English: :smile:
If I understand You, your USB pen drive automatically changes letters
to access. I use 4 usb ports in my laptop. I always plug in my USB card
reader in the same port, USB pen drive into another USB port. But if my
friends bring their USB pen drives and i plug them in the same USB port
as I usually plug in my own USB drive, the letter changes. If You are
logged as Administrator, plug in Your pen drive. You can run command
"diskmgmt.msc". Try right click on Your USB pen drive and try
possibility "Change drive letter..." Assign to Your pen drive letter N,
if it is free. If not, you have to free it by changing letter of drive,
which is using it now to another letter.

In my opinion, on Win XP SP2 You don't need to click on System tray to
safely remove your USB drive, but if You will physically disconnect the
drive, You must have all windows, processes and files that worked with
the USB drive closed. You can verify that Your system has for Your pen
drive fast disconnecting function activated. Plug in Your pen drive,
"diskmgmt.msc", right mouse-click on letter of Your pen drive,
Properties, than second card Policy (or similar name). Verify that
Optimize for fast disconnecting (or similar) is checked. I am sorry if
my answers are out of theme. Honza, Czech Rep.


--
Jenny Eric
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