[nfbcs] Where's my drive?

[Tracy Carcione]

I'm not on a network, yet, but is there a limit to the number of drive
letters?  The disk drive would be I, I suppose.
Tracy



> If you are on a network, sometimes you have to map drives to make sure you
> don't "have 2 drives with the same name".  For example, if your network
> drive is H:, you can't have a USB drive called H:.
>
> Nancy Coffman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Where's my drive?
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>> There's a good thought.  I will try connecting it to my laptop, and see
>> what happens.  I think my laptop recognized it, many moons ago when I
>> first tried it.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Tracy,
>>>
>>> Here is probably more ways to feel like you are doing something but
>>> actually waste time.  <smile>  Be sure you are waiting a long enough
>>> time
>>> after you plug the drive
>>> in.  I've seen some cases where the USB drives take a little time to
>>> become known, even after the sound.  Also, if you have an older
>>> computer,
>>> sometimes there are
>>> different versions of USB connectors on the computer, 1.2 and 2.0.  If
>>> you
>>> think this is at all a possibility, try all USB ports on your computer
>>> since your drive might
>>> require 2.0.  Finally, if none of this works, you might try the "add
>>> new
>>> hardware" option to see if Windows will find the drive.  This isn't
>>> usually necessary, though.
>>>
>>> Do you have a way to make sure that your external USB disk is working
>>> all
>>> right, such as connecting it to another computer or BrailleNote or
>>> something?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Steve Jacobson
>>>
>>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:44:51 -0400 (EDT), Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>>
>>>>Yes, did that, and no joy.
>>>>Tracy
>>>
>>>>> The reboot is always a good idea if you are not seeing the new drive
>>>>> under My Computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:58 AM
>>>>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] Where's my drive?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys.
>>>>> I have an external disk drive, which connects via USB.  When I
>>>>> connected
>>>>> it, and turned it on, my PC, running XP, said "Found new hardware"
>>>>> and
>>>>> made the USB connect noise.  If I turn off the disk drive, it also
>>>>> makes
>>>>> the USB disconnect noise.  But I can't see the drive in My Computer,
>>>>> or
>>>>> Windows Explorer.  What essential step am I missing?
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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