I installed a card reader with slots for everything. I only use SD. I don't
want to see drive letters for every drive not in use. Can I do this?

Also, how can I pin down certain drive letters for my USB drive, so it gets
the same drive letter everytime I plug it in? I need this, as I have back up
routines that look for certain drives and paths. My back ups are getting
screwed up after I add and remove external storage devices.
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Thanks

garywi wrote:

I installed a card reader with slots for everything. I only use SD. I
don't
want to see drive letters for every drive not in use. Can I do this?

Also, how can I pin down certain drive letters for my USB drive, so it
gets
the same drive letter everytime I plug it in? I need this, as I have back
up
routines that look for certain drives and paths. My back ups are getting
screwed up after I add and remove external storage devices.

I believe Mr. Sieber's utility and site will help you:

Troubleshooting USB by Uwe Sieber -
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

Uwe Sieber's USB Drive Letter Manager -
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hi, garywi.

I don't know about the excess drive letters, but Disk Management is the
built-in tool for managing many aspects of hard drives - plus other devices
(such as card readers, digital cameras, etc.) that also get "drive" letters
assigned.

There are many ways to get to Disk Management, such as to right-click on
Computer and choose Manage, then Disk Management under Storage. But this
way always makes me feel like I'm peeping through a keyhole. :( I prefer
to just press the Start key and type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter. Either
way, you'll need to furnish the Administrator password. Once DM starts,
Maximize the window so that you can see what you are doing.

You can assign the letters you want here and Vista will try to use the same
letter each time for each device. (My SD card reader has only a single
slot, so I don't know about the multi-slot features. But you can
right-click on a drive | Change Drive Letter and Paths | Remove, and see if
this does what you want.)

You also can right-click on Disk 4 (or whatever number your card reader is)
and choose Properties. On the Policies tab here, you can choose between
Optimize for quick removal or Optimize for performance. Choose quick
removal and you'll never need to wait for the "Safely remove..." icon again,
because Vista will write everything to the device immediately, rather than
put it in the cache - where it could get lost if you unexpectedly pull the
plug.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"garywi" wrote in message
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I installed a card reader with slots for everything. I only use SD. I
don't
want to see drive letters for every drive not in use. Can I do this?

Also, how can I pin down certain drive letters for my USB drive, so it
gets
the same drive letter everytime I plug it in? I need this, as I have back
up
routines that look for certain drives and paths. My back ups are getting
screwed up after I add and remove external storage devices.
--
Thanks