> >>Another comment about the drive letter E: you've chosen: >> >>- most computers these days have a C: hard drive and a D: optical drive >>- therefore, nominally the next available drive letter is E: >> >>However, if you do this it can cause problems with USB memory sticks or hard drives the user may want to attach to the workstation. When they do so the stick or HD will by default be mapped as drive E:, which will then be inaccessible because a network drive mapping has already overridden it. >> >>For this reason it's better to start mapped network drives further down the alphabet, leaving some space for more local devices. Some admins start network drive mappings at Z: and work backwards from there. > >Hi Al, > >Maybe I'm missing something but Windows is smart enough to assign next avaialable letter to removable USB devices.
When I first read this message I recalled I saw something about the problem recently. Checked few sites I visit but didn't find the answer (though I believe now I saw it also discussed on Russian foxclub forum in "Not VFP only" section).
But here is one of our HelpDesk tickets and the resolution:
Problem: Having trouble accessing the USB flash drive.
Resolution: Because user's PC has a CD burner drive and a DVD drive, the next available drive letter is F:, however, Windows does not recognize the Novell F: drive as a physical drive, it insists to make the USB flash drive letter as F. Went into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management, Changed the USB drive letter from F: to another letter (U).
