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Thread ID: 82855 2007-09-10 09:32:00 WinME refusing to assign a drive letter to an external USB drive Jen (38) Press F1
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589969 2007-09-16 21:54:00 Have you tried this, Jen? This worked for someone else here forums.techguy.org

"In Device Mgr, double click the drive and open the Settings tab. The "Removable" box should be the only one checked and you assign your drive letter at the bottom. Close everything and restart and it'll show up in My Computer".

I vaguely remember a similar problem caused by the OS not logging the drive as removable.

Good luck!
linw (53)
589970 2007-09-17 06:40:00 Have you tried this, Jen? This worked for someone else here . techguy . org/windows-95-98-me/522877-win98-wont-assign-drive-letter . html" target="_blank">forums . techguy . org

"In Device Mgr, double click the drive and open the Settings tab . The "Removable" box should be the only one checked and you assign your drive letter at the bottom . Close everything and restart and it'll show up in My Computer" .

I vaguely remember a similar problem caused by the OS not logging the drive as removable .

Good luck!IT WORKED! :D

Just had a very excited and grateful person on the phone telling me the advice above worked and now they can see their external hard drive and access it!!

Thanks very much for that linw . :)


Have no idea why Ubuntu took a dislike to the drive as well, but who cares now . :p
Jen (38)
589971 2007-09-17 10:42:00 Great news - sometimes we get it right:D linw (53)
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