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Author Topic: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question  (Read 3620 times)

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grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« on: September 22, 2010, 01:55:42 AM »
Because I can't post in the hardware forum, I'll post here instead.

So, I have an external harddrive. I use it for (amongst other things), listening to music on my two computers.
I use foobar to listen to music. When I had it on one computer, I had foobar setup to read my music from the harddrive (the E: drive). However, my new computer reads my HD as the F: drive....
See the problem?

It means I have to have foobar set up to read from both locations, but that means that I get duplicates of each file (when only one will work), and when I go to the next computer, it will have try and read the E: drive, but cannot, so it deems it as corrupt. When I return to the old computer, it means it has to take 5+ minutes scanning my HD....



So, my question is; Is there a way to make both computers read my drive as the E: drive (or the F: drive)?
Or, is there a better solution?

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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2010, 10:02:02 AM »
you have to go in device manager and set the drive letter. look it up.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2010, 11:45:35 AM »
What version(s) of Windows are you running?
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2010, 11:54:13 AM »
Demo's bypassing the 50 post minimum rule on tech questions?  Must be in a good mood.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2010, 11:58:02 AM »
Is this a good place to ask what's wrong with my microwave oven? The power levels aren't changing.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2010, 01:12:13 PM »
Quote from: Detta on September 22, 2010, 11:54:13 AM
Demo's bypassing the 50 post minimum rule on tech questions?  Must be in a good mood.

Nope.  Just putting the thread in the appropriate subforum.  He still can't post in here, of course.  But that's not my problem.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2010, 03:22:35 PM »
Can he view it?
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2010, 06:01:51 PM »
Sure.  He just can't post in here.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 07:53:02 AM »
Do you need to know what version of Windows he's running in order to give him the right "tool" to make it work?
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2010, 10:56:44 AM »
No, I was just being conversational.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2010, 05:33:02 AM »
Wait a minute. I see what you did here!

...And why hasn't he answered to let us know what version of Windows he's running?!
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2010, 10:31:47 PM »
Quote from: Chris on September 25, 2010, 05:33:02 AM
Wait a minute. I see what you did here!

...And why hasn't he answered to let us know what version of Windows he's running?!

That's why I get paid the big bucks.
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2010, 10:44:11 PM »
This is really annoying... it's been more than a week and he still hasn't posted a reply!
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Re: grumble grumble...HI! External hardrive question
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2010, 08:11:21 AM »
How rude!
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