Re: Assigned Drive letter for plug and play USB Thumb Drive

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USB Drive Letter Manager 4.2 (Freeware)
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"Bobson" <Bobson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FBC0504A-213A-4BE4-A439-D5701F4421A9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi, thank you for everyone's help in advance.

I would like to ask if there is anyway to "hardcode" or "specify" a drive
letter for a plug and play USB thumb drive so that it will appear to a known
"drive letter"?

Thank you very much aagian!


If you are always going to plug it into the same port, then this can be achieved from 'Manage' (right click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'). You can allocate a drive letter from here. Best keep it away from the existing letters because if it is taken by something else, another letter will be allocated.

If you plug the drive into another USB port it will be allocated the selected drive letter *only if* the USB drive has an electronic serial number (some do - some don't). If it doesn't have a serial number then it is treated as a newly detected dvice and the plug 'n' pray installation routine runs and the drive will be allocated the next free drive letter regardless.

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