Targus card reader
Oct 12, 2016 20:12:52 #
The Targus card reader is compatible with windows 10. Windows assigns a letter.
Oct 13, 2016 06:32:25 #
warrior wrote:
The Targus card reader is compatible with windows 10. Windows assigns a letter.
As far as I'm concerned, Windows assigning a letter to drives is one of its weak points. Macs don't bother with that nonsense. I have two externals that I use for backing up seven folders, and if I insert a flash drive or SD card into the computer, it messes up the letters of my externals. I have to reboot before they, hopefully, go back to normal.
Oct 13, 2016 07:48:33 #
budjordan1
Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
I wonder why that happens to your computer, it doesn't happen with my HP.
jerryc41 wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, Windows assigning a letter to drives is one of its weak points. Macs don't bother with that nonsense. I have two externals that I use for backing up seven folders, and if I insert a flash drive or SD card into the computer, it messes up the letters of my externals. I have to reboot before they, hopefully, go back to normal.
Oct 13, 2016 08:56:43 #
budjordan1 wrote:
I wonder why that happens to your computer, it doesn't happen with my HP.
Sure it does. Whatever USB device you activate gets the next available drive letter. I use Syncback to backup seven folders to an external G drive. If I plug in a flash drive, that becomes G, so when I turn on the external, it gets a different letter, and I can't run the automatic backup. Even after I remove the flash drive, G is not available until the computer restarts. Fortunately, internal drives keep their drive names.
Oct 13, 2016 12:00:18 #
budjordan1
Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
Everytime i turn my Computer on, all my drives have their designated letter and they never change. Even when i put an SD card or Flash drive in, it is the same drive letter all the time. For some reason i think i am missing something here. My drive letters never change.
jerryc41 wrote:
Sure it does. Whatever USB device you activate gets the next available drive letter. I use Syncback to backup seven folders to an external G drive. If I plug in a flash drive, that becomes G, so when I turn on the external, it gets a different letter, and I can't run the automatic backup. Even after I remove the flash drive, G is not available until the computer restarts. Fortunately, internal drives keep their drive names.
Oct 13, 2016 12:30:37 #
budjordan1
Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
FYI I have an external hard drive and it keeps the same letter all the time.
budjordan1 wrote:
Everytime i turn my Computer on, all my drives have their designated letter and they never change. Even when i put an SD card or Flash drive in, it is the same drive letter all the time. For some reason i think i am missing something here. My drive letters never change.
Oct 13, 2016 13:51:03 #
budjordan1 wrote:
FYI I have an external hard drive and it keeps the same letter all the time.
My drive letters don't change on my Windows PC, and I can't see the downside of identifying media with letters.
It helps me spot the one I'm looking for at a glance. >>>Alan
Oct 13, 2016 15:29:20 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
budjordan1 wrote:
Everytime i turn my Computer on, all my drives have their designated letter and they never change. Even when i put an SD card or Flash drive in, it is the same drive letter all the time. For some reason i think i am missing something here. My drive letters never change.
That may be because you turn your computer on and off. The naming issue happens when computers stay on and USB or other externals get plugged in, then removed.
Oct 13, 2016 15:40:17 #
budjordan1
Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
My Computer stays on all day and i can insert an SD card or Flash drive multiple times during the day and all the drives remain the same letter.
romanticf16 wrote:
That may be because you turn your computer on and off. The naming issue happens when computers stay on and USB or other externals get plugged in, then removed.
Oct 13, 2016 15:44:29 #
budjordan1 wrote:
Everytime i turn my Computer on, all my drives have their designated letter and they never change. Even when i put an SD card or Flash drive in, it is the same drive letter all the time. For some reason i think i am missing something here. My drive letters never change.
You must be doing something wrong.
No, the only time this is a problem is if I plug in a flash drive or SD card and later turn on one of the eternal drives. The letter G will already be taken, so the external will be K.
Oct 13, 2016 15:55:08 #
budjordan1
Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
OK, i understand now. My external is on all the time until i turn my Computer off. Never thought of just turning it on to send something to it. Glad we got that straightened out. Now its time to have a Scotch and Soda. Have a great evening.
jerryc41 wrote:
You must be doing something wrong.
No, the only time this is a problem is if I plug in a flash drive or SD card and later turn on one of the eternal drives. The letter G will already be taken, so the external will be K.
No, the only time this is a problem is if I plug in a flash drive or SD card and later turn on one of the eternal drives. The letter G will already be taken, so the external will be K.
Oct 13, 2016 17:30:41 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Sure it does. Whatever USB device you activate gets the next available drive letter. I use Syncback to backup seven folders to an external G drive. If I plug in a flash drive, that becomes G, so when I turn on the external, it gets a different letter, and I can't run the automatic backup. Even after I remove the flash drive, G is not available until the computer restarts. Fortunately, internal drives keep their drive names.
I have two external drives I use for automatic backups. I routinely insert and remove a number of different flash drives for various reasons and have no problems with my two external drives having their drive letters changing. Running Windows 10 Anniversary.
Oct 14, 2016 07:13:37 #
budjordan1 wrote:
Glad we got that straightened out. Now its time to have a Scotch and Soda. Have a great evening.
Oct 14, 2016 12:40:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Sure it does. Whatever USB device you activate gets the next available drive letter. I use Syncback to backup seven folders to an external G drive. If I plug in a flash drive, that becomes G, so when I turn on the external, it gets a different letter, and I can't run the automatic backup. Even after I remove the flash drive, G is not available until the computer restarts. Fortunately, internal drives keep their drive names.
Jerry, not sure what is different with your system, BUT you should be able to use the disk manager to assign any letter to any drive. Once assigned it will be maintained. Whether that drive is internal or external is irrelevant. It also works with the thumbdrive. Of course you don't want to change your OS drive (Usually C) unless you are prepared to change a number of references in the OS folder as well as the root.
I have my three internal drives as C, E, F and externals as G, H, The DVD is T and the thumbdrive (flash drive) is set as J. You can also use A and B but those still pop up in my brain as floppy drives--even though I haven't had a floppy drive in over 15 years.
Oct 14, 2016 13:18:09 #
Reinaldokool wrote:
Jerry, not sure what is different with your system... (show quote)
I used to change the drive names, but I learned that restarting will usually reset them. I backup seven folders, and if I have to go in and make changes to all seven folders in SyncBack, it's a real nuisance.
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