Disconnecting Dell's built in card readers?

Hi

Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?

Thanks
Dave F.

Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>
> Thanks
> Dave F.

Disk management should do it.

But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network

Use DiskMgmt.Msc and Right Click each Card Reader in the device
map and take "Change Drive Letter....", click the Remove option to
remove the existing letter assignment.

"Dave F." <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>
> Thanks
> Dave F.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave F.
>
> Disk management should do it.
>
> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network

Well... I don't use them...
they take time to connect to when logging on....
I want the same drive letters for each PC I plug my removable devices in to.

I'm sure I could think of other reasons if I tried.

To turn the question around - give me some reasons why I'd want to keep them?

Dave F.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave F.
>
> Disk management should do it.
>
> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network

Well... I don't use them...
they take time to connect to when logging on....
I want the same drive letters for each PC I plug my removable devices in to.

I'm sure I could think of other reasons if I tried.

To turn the question around - give me some reasons why I'd want to keep them?

Dave F.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave F.
>
> Disk management should do it.
>
> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network
>
>

Well... I don't use them...
they take time to connect to when logging on....
I want the same drive letters for each PC I plug my removable devices in to.

I'm sure I could think of other reasons if I tried.

To turn the question around - give me some reasons why I'd want to keep them?

Dave F.

I don't know about that. I have A: to Q: unbroken plus Z: (thank you WLOC)
on mine. Those are the local drives. Then there are the dozen or so in
Network. And that's at home.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave F.
>
> Disk management should do it.
>
> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network
>

I have 12 volumes on my main desktop. That's distributed across
3 physical drives. Sometimes drive lettering can be a big issue.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I don't know about that. I have A: to Q: unbroken plus Z: (thank you WLOC)
>on mine. Those are the local drives. Then there are the dozen or so in
>Network. And that's at home.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%23$FMQgMeIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dave F.
>>
>> Disk management should do it.
>>
>> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network
>>
>

My volumes aren't partitioned, but with four hdd's, card reader (four
letters), floppy, two optical drives, a ReadyBoost flash drive, three
virtual drives (Virtual Drive Pro) and a network drive it is getting on into
the alphabet pretty far.

Pretty soon I'm going to have to localize on Cambodian (world's longest
alphabet at 74 letters [Rotokas is shortest at 12]).

But not until the language packs come out for my Vista Ultimate SP1 setup.


"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>I have 12 volumes on my main desktop. That's distributed across
> 3 physical drives. Sometimes drive lettering can be a big issue.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7D6A824B-5F79-49C9-9B86-F28A618AD725@microsoft.com...
>>I don't know about that. I have A: to Q: unbroken plus Z: (thank you
>>WLOC) on mine. Those are the local drives. Then there are the dozen or
>>so in Network. And that's at home.
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:%23$FMQgMeIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
>>>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
>>>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Dave F.
>>>
>>> Disk management should do it.
>>>
>>> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

On Feb 26, 6:40*pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> My volumes aren't partitioned, but with four hdd's, card reader (four
> letters), floppy, two optical drives, a ReadyBoost flash drive, three
> virtual drives (Virtual Drive Pro) and a network drive it is getting on into
> the alphabet pretty far.
>
> Pretty soon I'm going to have to localize on Cambodian (world's longest
> alphabet at 74 letters [Rotokas is shortest at 12]).
>
> But not until the language packs come out for my Vista Ultimate SP1 setup.
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSp...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>
> news:%2334V67MeIHA.4728@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> >I have 12 volumes on my main desktop. That's distributed across
> > 3 physical drives. Sometimes drive lettering can be a big issue.
>
> > "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:7D6A824B-5F79-49C9-9B86-F28A618AD725@microsoft.com...
> >>I don't know about that. *I have A: to Q: unbroken plus Z: (thank you
> >>WLOC) on mine. *Those are the local drives. *Then there are the dozen or
> >>so in Network. *And that's at home. *
>
> >> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >> <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in
> >> messagenews:%23$FMQgMeIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gb l...
> >>> Dave F. <d...@maaf.cu.uk> wrote:
> >>>> Hi
>
> >>>> Is there a way to free up the drive letters that get used up by
> >>>> the multi-card readers that come with Dells, without taking the
> >>>> back off the PC & disconnecting the cables?
>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Dave F.
>
> >>> Disk management should do it.
>
> >>> But why? Surely you can't have 20 mapped drive letters on your network
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Are you using Windwos Xp since I believe that the ReadyBoost flash
drive is able to boost Vista?