PC won't remember drive letter

[pkerr]

Bought some WD 2 TB drives. I connect one and it is automatically assigned G: I go into Manage Computer and change drive to Z:

I disconnect it and connect a different one and that gets assigned back to G: If I go into Manage Computer and reassign the second one to Z: then the first one goes back to being assigned back to G: It only remembers one drive is supposed to be Z: All the others go back to G:

Is there any way to have everyone I plug in get a Z: assignment?

Thanks

 

[essenbe]

Have you tried giving each one a different drive letter. I have several and assign each of them a seperate drive letter. Windows remembers that way. I assign 1 drive X one drive Y another drive Z. Windows can then remember which one is which.

 

[pkerr]

Have you tried giving each one a different drive letter. I have several and assign each of them a seperate drive letter. Windows remembers that way. I assign 1 drive X one drive Y another drive Z. Windows can then remember which one is which.

Thanks for the suggestion but I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z: (for the purpose of backups) I have one for every day of the week. The copy job, by default, copies to Z: so when I disconnect one and then connect the one for the next day it still needs the Z: designation.
Thanks

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Have you tried giving each one a different drive letter. I have several and assign each of them a seperate drive letter. Windows remembers that way. I assign 1 drive X one drive Y another drive Z. Windows can then remember which one is which.

Thanks for the suggestion but I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z: (for the purpose of backups) I have one for every day of the week. The copy job, by default, copies to Z: so when I disconnect one and then connect the one for the next day it still needs the Z: designation.
Thanks

What are you using for your backups?

 

[whs]

I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z:

That does not work. Only 1 drive can be Z. For the others it picks the next available letter which in your case is G. You can give those another letter too, but not Z because that is already taken.

Why don't you work with G and don't assign a specific letter. That would work (until you plug something else in which gets G - can't win.

 

[pkerr]

I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z:

That does not work. Only 1 drive can be Z. For the others it picks the next available letter which in your case is G. You can give those another letter too, but not Z because that is already taken.

Why don't you work with G and don't assign a specific letter. That would work (until you plug something else in which gets G - can't win.

Sorry if I was unclear. Only ONE drive is in at a time. Monday I connect one and then take it out on Tuesday and then put in a different one. As soon as I do that it gets assigned G: They are never in at the same time.

 

[pkerr]

Have you tried giving each one a different drive letter. I have several and assign each of them a seperate drive letter. Windows remembers that way. I assign 1 drive X one drive Y another drive Z. Windows can then remember which one is which.

Thanks for the suggestion but I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z: (for the purpose of backups) I have one for every day of the week. The copy job, by default, copies to Z: so when I disconnect one and then connect the one for the next day it still needs the Z: designation.
Thanks

What are you using for your backups?

I have tape and these external drives.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Thanks for the suggestion but I NEED to have everyone I plug in be assigned Z: (for the purpose of backups) I have one for every day of the week. The copy job, by default, copies to Z: so when I disconnect one and then connect the one for the next day it still needs the Z: designation.
Thanks

What are you using for your backups?

I have tape and these external drives.

What software are you using?

 

[pkerr]

What are you using for your backups?

I have tape and these external drives.

What software are you using?

Why would that matter?
I'm doing this on Windows Server 2008 but I'm having the same issue on a regular 'ol windows 7 PC

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I have tape and these external drives.

What software are you using?

Why would that matter?
I'm doing this on Windows Server 2008 but I'm having the same issue on a regular 'ol windows 7 PC

You want help or not?

 

[pkerr]

What software are you using?

Why would that matter?
I'm doing this on Windows Server 2008 but I'm having the same issue on a regular 'ol windows 7 PC

You want help or not?

Yes, Thanks.
But what software are you talking about? It's a script that copies files over from my NAS device. And as I said, I have this problem on even a "normal" PC not remembering that I've connected the drive. At least it only can remember one.

 

[essenbe]

I've never used tape to do backups before, but to the best of my knowledge, what you want to do cannot be done. Every drive has to have a different drive letter unless it is like WHS said you leave a blank drive letter which is next in line for windows to assign to it. But even then, if you plug something else in, it will have that letter by default. So, the software you are using will need to be the key. The software could be programed to back up to 1 drive on one day and the next drive the next day and so on and you would still get what you want. That is the only way I can think of to do it.

 

[essenbe]

It is not the computer not remembering, it is the rules of the computer that each drive must have a different drive letter. That is the only way the computer distinguishes one drive from another.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ok. Instead of having your script copy the files to a drive letter, would it be possible to have it copy to a drive name? I use FreeFileSync which does something similar to what your script does. It has an option to mirror files from folders (or a drive) to folders on another drive (or the drive itself). That second drive can be identified by the drive name instead of the drive letter. That way, it doesn't matter what the drive letter is as long as all the destination drives have the same drive name.

 

[pkerr]

Ok. Instead of having your script copy the files to a drive letter, would it be possible to have it copy to a drive name? I use FreeFileSync which does something similar to what your script does. It has an option to mirror files from folders (or a drive) to folders on another drive (or the drive itself). That second drive can be identified by the drive name instead of the drive letter. That way, it doesn't matter what the drive letter is as long as all the destination drives has the same drive name.

When you say drive name I'm assuming it is the name that I see next to the drive letter? For instance when I connect the drive I see:
Back up G:

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ok. Instead of having your script copy the files to a drive letter, would it be possible to have it copy to a drive name? I use FreeFileSync which does something similar to what your script does. It has an option to mirror files from folders (or a drive) to folders on another drive (or the drive itself). That second drive can be identified by the drive name instead of the drive letter. That way, it doesn't matter what the drive letter is as long as all the destination drives has the same drive name.

When you say drive name I'm assuming it is the name that I see next to the drive letter? For instance when I connect the drive I see:
Back up G:

Yes.

 

[pkerr]

Ok. Instead of having your script copy the files to a drive letter, would it be possible to have it copy to a drive name? I use FreeFileSync which does something similar to what your script does. It has an option to mirror files from folders (or a drive) to folders on another drive (or the drive itself). That second drive can be identified by the drive name instead of the drive letter. That way, it doesn't matter what the drive letter is as long as all the destination drives has the same drive name.

When you say drive name I'm assuming it is the name that I see next to the drive letter? For instance when I connect the drive I see:
Back up G:

Yes.

OK.. I'll keep that in mind and give that a try.
Thanks!

 

[pmshah]

Why not use good old command line to assign Z: to the drive that is plugged in as a conditional command of there being a folder or file being there in the root. Try Take Command LE. That will solve your problem.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Why not use good old command line to assign Z: to the drive that is plugged in as a conditional command of there being a folder or file being there in the root. Try Take Command LE. That will solve your problem.

Considering the last previous post was back in February, I suspect the issue was already taken care of a long time ago.

 

[jumanji]

Why not use good old command line to assign Z: to the drive that is plugged in as a conditional command of there being a folder or file being there in the root. Try Take Command LE. That will solve your problem.

Considering the last previous post was back in February, I suspect the issue was already taken care of a long time ago.

OMG!! That shuts down some "innovative" ideas ( really ???) from jumanji

No, that is not going to happen.

So jumanji goes on to a new thread under General Discussions. How to make Windows assign the same drive letter to all externals ( only one drive at a time)

Soon to be released.

EDIT: Released: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...s-assign-same-drive-letter-all-externals.html ( moved from General Discussion to this subforum)