Hi. I have two computers both run win 7 ultimate, if I plug a pen drive in to the usb it is ASSIGNED a drive letter in my computer that will disappear as soon as the pen drive is removed.

The other machine still shows the drive letter even when the pen drive is removed, I have lots of drive letters now and would really like it to act the same as the other machine.

Thanks in advance. Chris
Are you unplugging it without using "safely remove hardware" in the tray ? ?And as for assigning the same drive letter to both systems, you can do this from within Disc Management. Sometimes it sticks, sometimes not.YES I have but the other machine SEEMS to drop the drive letter automatically which is how I would like both machines to work, they are both the same o/s so I would guess there MUST be a setting somewhere that’s different. If you don't want to risk losing all your data on a USB stik or an external HDD you need to get in the habit of using safely remove...or you could learn the hard way....
If you want to have the stik retain it's drive letter designation then in Disk Management give the stik a Volume label...

NOTE: It's important to pick a drive letter that you know will always be available on both PC's...something in the middle of the alphabet.O.K,  how do I remove the drive letters that are now unused and cluttering up my computer. Quote from: aussie11 on March 05, 2012, 09:10:34 AM

O.K,  how do I remove the drive letters that are now unused and cluttering up my computer.

I have lots of drive letters now ...