Jun 22
PCWorld.com – Hardware Tips: Ten Quick Tips to Keep PC Trouble at Arm’s Length:
Lock your drive letters: The drive letters that Windows assigns automatically to removable hard drives, cameras, flash media, and other external storage devices change frequently. Consequently, if an application looks for data on a particular drive letter, it may not find it. To make a drive letter permanent in Windows XP and 2000, right-click My Computer and select Manage, Disk Management. In the bottom-right pane, right-click the bar representing the drive whose letter you want to set. Click Change Drive Letter and Paths, Change (Edit in 2000). Select a drive letter from the menu, and choose OK and Yes (see Figure 4). In 98 and Me, right-click My Computer, select Properties, Device Manager, and then double-click the device’s entry (if it lacks one, you’re out of luck). Choose Settings, and in the section labeled ‘Reserved drive letters’, select a drive letter next to ‘Start drive letter’ and again next to ‘End drive letter’. That device will thereafter be assigned the letter you selected.
