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| Thread ID: 113356 | 2010-10-15 23:27:00 | Allocating a drive letter permanently to a USB drive | bugalugs67 (9647) | Press F1 |
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| 1145308 | 2010-10-15 23:27:00 | My accounting program saves a backup to a USB drive. That drive letter is 'set' in the accounting program. However I have a varying number of USB drives plugged in and when I plug the 'accounting backup' drive it just gets the next unallocated letter. How can I allocate that drive a permanent drive letter so that when backing up the accounting program will always look for that drive. |
bugalugs67 (9647) | ||
| 1145309 | 2010-10-15 23:31:00 | Change it under computer management / disk management (give it a letter) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1145310 | 2010-10-16 00:24:00 | Wouldn't that just change the letter for that session? The next time I use it and should I have less (or more) drives plugged in it gets the next available letter again. | bugalugs67 (9647) | ||
| 1145311 | 2010-10-16 00:29:00 | Soon find out if you try it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1145312 | 2010-10-16 00:32:00 | It would help if you were to tell people which operating system you are using so that you can get precise instructions on how to do it maybe. Or alternatively we can all sit around and have wild guesses. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1145313 | 2010-10-16 00:46:00 | Soon find out if you try it I stand corrected:blush::blush: |
bugalugs67 (9647) | ||
| 1145314 | 2010-10-16 00:55:00 | Sweet ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1145315 | 2010-10-16 01:15:00 | Or alternatively we can all sit around and have wild guesses. Why not? Most unseen helpdesk is like that. 1. Describe your problem: __________________________________________________ ______________ 2. Now, describe the problem accurately: __________________________________________________ ______________ 3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem: __________________________________________________ ______________ 4. Problem Severity: A. Minor__ B. Minor__ C. Minor__ D. Trivial__ 5. Nature of the problem: A. Locked Up__ B. Frozen__ C. Hung__ D. Strange Smell__ 6. Is your computer plugged in? Yes__ No__ 7. Is it turned on? Yes__ No__ 8. Have you tried to fix it yourself? Yes__ No__ 9. Have you made it worse? Yes__ 10. Have you had "a friend" who "Knows all about computers" try to fix it for you? Yes__ No__ 11. Did they make it even worse? Yes__ 12. Have you read the manual? Yes__ No__ 13. Are you sure you've read the manual? Maybe__ No__ 14. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual? No__ 15. If you read the manual, do you think you understood it? Yes__ No__ 16. If 'Yes' then explain why you can't fix the problem yourself. __________________________________________________ ______ 17. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred? __________________________________________________ ________ 18. If you answered 'nothing' then explain why you were logged in? __________________________________________________ ________ 19. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem? Yes__ No__ 20. Do you have any independent witnesses to the problem? Yes__ No__ 21. Is there anyone else you could blame this problem on? Yes__ No__ 22. Can you do something else, instead of bothering me? Yes__ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1145316 | 2010-10-16 02:51:00 | You forgot "is Norton installed?" :p | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1145317 | 2010-10-16 02:55:00 | Instead of using your accounting software to backup, setup a robocopy script to do the backup with a relative path instead of an absolute path, then it won't matter what drive letter the flash drive gets. | Deimos (5715) | ||
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