Naming a drive letter for an external USB2 Hard Drive?

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

Right here is the problem that is annoying me but I can’t seem to solve: I have an external USB2 Hard Drive that I need for backing up important data, the problem is every time I unplug it and re-connect it, it picks up a different drive letter.

Now I know how to go into Administrive Tools/Computer Management/Disk Management and reassign a drive letter but what I want/need to know is there any way a drive letter can be specifically reserved for a specific External USB2 Hard Drive that has to be regularly disconnected from the computer?

NSR Mick · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Karma :

They usually take the next available letter.
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NSR Mick · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Karma :

c-2501 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Karma :

if you HDD is NTFS formatted you could mount the drive on an empty dir, that way the external drive should [as far as i know it will, ive never tried it mself] always be mounted on this dir when its connected to the usb port.
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