I synchronize files daily. I do so to two separate UFDs (USB Flash Drives). One of these UFDs is named ODD, the other is named EVEN. I sync to ODD on odd days (1st, 3rd, etc) & do the same to EVEN on even days (2nd, 4th, etc). Here's my PROBLEM: =>Even though I insert both UFDs into the same port, my computer sees EVEN as being on Drive E whereas it sees ODD as being on drive G. =>When my computer sees ODD on G drive, that messes up my Synchronization App, which I set-up to sync certain E drive files to those same files on C drive -- E to C, that is, NOT G to C. =>As a result, every time I sync, I have to change my Synchronization App's settings to specify either drive E or drive G, whichever applies on that particular day. Those extra few steps aren't life-threatening, I know -- but I'd rather get the E/G drive situation fixed, if possible.. REQUEST COMMENTS --- Help me find some way whereby I can get my computer to recognize BOTH UFDs as being on the SAME drive (drive E, for example). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post Script --- =>It's always been a mystery to me as to why Microsoft skipped the letters A & B in order to designate a computer's main drive as "C". To me, that mystery is deepened by my *drives E & G* situation. =>To wit: Since C is my laptop computer's ONLY built-in drive, I wonder why does my computer skip letters D & F in order to designate my UFDs as drives E & G? Post-Post Script --- I later noticed that my topic title used the word "Fox" instead of my intended "Fix" -- sheesh, I can't find a way to edit my topic's title.
@imdb -- Your link did the job. Both UFDs are now drive E so the problem is foxed .......... I mean fixed. THANKS!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post Script: The linked article states-in-part that Windows assigns C to main drive "... because C: is the first drive letter available on a hard disk." But I wonder: WHY is C the first drive letter available on a hard disk, instead of A? According to THIS article, a computer's main drive is designated C because drive designations A & B are reserved for floppy drives. Why are A & B reserved for floppy drives? Because floppies were the MAIN drives of computers, waaay back in olden days when computers were in their infancy. Thus, these illogical (to me) drive designations may be said to exist as a persisting salute to out-moded technology.
I tried it and didn't work for me, using Disk Management snap-in. All in the same USB port: Plugged my ODD UFD in and it got G: letter (it's the next free one available) Changed letter to P: ( I want both to have P letter assigned) Plugged my Even UFD in and it got G: letter too Changed letter to P: Unplugged Even Plugged ODD back in and it got G: Unplugged ODD Plugged Even back in and it got P: To be honest, this resulted as expected. I've always seen this same behavior on Windows.
Mr.X, Can you try this with one of your UFDs. Plug it in, change drive letter to P: Pull it out Restart computer Plug it in What is the drive letter?
bellgamin, The OS assigns drive letters, not the hardware. Drive letters exist in the mind of the booted OS. In my test computer I have 3 Windows OS on HD0, so I have three C: drives on HD0. Each is seen as C: drive when it boots. When I boot a WINPE UFD my Win11 partition might be F: drive because WINPE is the booted OS and it assigns the drive letters. When Win11 boots, that partition will be C: drive. This is how Windows assigns drive letters in a MBR computer... https://kb.terabyteunlimited.com/kb-articles/how-drive-letters-are-assigned-by-windows/ How does Windows remember drive letter assignments? Drive letters are stored in the MountedDevices Registry Key. If you delete this key, Windows will reassign all drive letters.
Mr.X, My experience with changing UFD drive letters is the same as @imdb described. You can also use TeraByte Unlimited's setwindl.tbs. It's very clever. You can even make Windows assign the Z: drive letter (or any letter) to itself rather than C: My Win8.1 is now Z: drive and there is no C: drive. Just for testing purposes. I'll reset it tomorrow.
@Brian K It's P In my own experience, to achieve two or more drives get the same drive letter I use USBDLM. For example, from the ini file: Code: [DriveLetters] DeviceID=408D5C1E8E4FB260696EF54 DeviceID=00241D8B55E5ED5199560245 Letter=P I can assign same letter P to both drives, inserting one at a time. Not both, only one can have letter P, then I pull it out and then I insert the other one.
