pbl wrote:
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> I have 5 USB devices (2 external drives, 1 flash drive, one CF card
> reader, and 1 Sony walkman) that when connected score a drive letter. My
> problem is that the drive letters change depending on the order in which
> the devices are connected (the first one plugged in gets drive F, then
> G, etc). This causes a headache for my backup software SyncBackPro,
> where I have schemes set up for my two external hard drives based on
> drive letters. I can change the drive letters in Disk Management (Vista
> Ultimate) but that only sticks while that device is connected. For
> instance, if I unplug my primary backup drive G and connect my flash
> drive, the flash drive would then become G. Is there any way of
> permanently locking a particular device to a particular drive letter?
Drive letters are saved but they are not reserved while
a drive is not attached. They are recycled then and the
assignment to the former drive is lost.
If you manually assing high letters then they are far
away from the default letter which is the lowest free
one.
Alternatively you can install my "USB Drive Letter Manager"
to get full control over the drive letters. But it's a
bit work to configure it.
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
Uwe