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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Hardware / Software - Forcing Windows to reserve drive letters (removable drives) |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice!                     Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| Is there any way to make Windows 98SE keep specific Drive letters open for specific hardware? I have a USB Hard Drive, a Parallel iOmega ZIP100 drive, and my MP3 player in Mass Storage Controller mode. Problem is, Windows can easily switch their drive letters around. What I would *like* would be to have it keep specific drive letters reserved and unused except for those devices, say, F:\ for the USB HD, G:\ for the MP3 player, and H:\ for the iOmega. How would I go about doing that? | |||
Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| Short answer: No, since Windows 98 have a kinda clumsy way of ordering drivers (though it's possible to change it around by changing stuff in the registery, but I doubt it in the case of USB drive... and due to the brilliant way Win 9X is designed, you need to restart for even small configuration changes...)
Long answer: I suspect that Win NT (2000, XP) have a more consistent handling of portable drives than Win98. It have a computer management window where you can change around the drive letters during runtime (as long the drive in question isn't used by a program). (edited by Kittysune on 01-06-07 10:12 PM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Funny that your short answer appears to be longer than your long answer.  |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos  Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6285 days |
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Take away the paranthesis 
Windows NT has a mechanism that can somewhat guarentee a certain letter or mount point for a specific device, but it's buggy for whatever reason. Of course, this is unrelated to Windows 9x. |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| OK, thanks. I'll have to look at a workaround then. | |||
drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY!  Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6288 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Semi-related question: how do you do this in XP? I know I just asked one of the IT persons at work if they could do it so I could use a flash drive on my comp, and they did, but I want to do it at home too. | |||
neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day  Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6288 days Last view: 6285 days |
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