bogart
I have 2 external drives; both are set to letter "E". can interchange these
drives between 2 laptops,, no problem.
New laptop; drive letter changes to "d".
Go through steps to change it back, but once the
\system is turned off and later restarted; the drive changes back to "D"
Anyone know how to make sure it stays as "E"?
drives between 2 laptops,, no problem.
New laptop; drive letter changes to "d".
Go through steps to change it back, but once the
\system is turned off and later restarted; the drive changes back to "D"
Anyone know how to make sure it stays as "E"?
Inviato Mon 08 Feb 21 @ 5:51 pm
PhantomDeejay
With such "low" letters I don't think you can make sure an external is using always the same letter.
If I were you and I wanted to make sure that my external is using always the same letter I would assign a "higher" letter, from J onwards (personally I use Q, but that's just me)
As for your current problem a possible reason may be if your laptop has a card reader.
In that case it's possible that during system initialization the letter is E is occupied by the card reader when the OS enumerates the drives and "disconnects" later if there's no card in it.
There may be other reasons too, but one thing is certain: Letter "E" is occupied by something else during drive enumeration.
If I were you and I wanted to make sure that my external is using always the same letter I would assign a "higher" letter, from J onwards (personally I use Q, but that's just me)
As for your current problem a possible reason may be if your laptop has a card reader.
In that case it's possible that during system initialization the letter is E is occupied by the card reader when the OS enumerates the drives and "disconnects" later if there's no card in it.
There may be other reasons too, but one thing is certain: Letter "E" is occupied by something else during drive enumeration.
Inviato Mon 08 Feb 21 @ 7:01 pm
bogart
I can change the letters but then it will not be read in VDJ.
Is there a way to change the drive letter and have VDJ be able to read it?
Is there a way to change the drive letter and have VDJ be able to read it?
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 5:53 pm
Adion
VDJ doesn't care which drive letters you use
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 5:59 pm
bogart
When the letter changed from E to D, VDJ would not read the drive.
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 6:09 pm
kradcliffe
Have you "hidden" any drives in the VDJ settings previously?
Worth a check.
"ignoreDrives" should be blank
Worth a check.
"ignoreDrives" should be blank
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 6:15 pm
bogart
ignore drives show "0".
Really strange as it only changes on the new laptop.
Really strange as it only changes on the new laptop.
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 6:34 pm
kradcliffe
Try shutting down VDJ, rename your settings.xml file then restart to create a new one.
Might just be a gremlin.
Might just be a gremlin.
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 6:43 pm
bogart
I do not think it is VDJ related. Every time I plug in the backup drive: the system
changes it to "D". Then when I plug in the original drive it also is "D".
changes it to "D". Then when I plug in the original drive it also is "D".
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 7:01 pm
bogart
SOLVED:
Could not get drive letter changed through disk management.
Had to use the cmd prompt. Now everything is okay.
Thanks all
Could not get drive letter changed through disk management.
Had to use the cmd prompt. Now everything is okay.
Thanks all
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 8:41 pm
kradcliffe
Excellent. Great news!
Inviato Tue 09 Feb 21 @ 8:48 pm