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Answer» first of all, i'm not sure if i'm in the RIGHT place....but here goes: a while back, Circuit City had a great sale on western digital hard drives so i picked up an 80 gig for $30 (not bad huh?). i then installed it as a slave drive (leaving the original as master) i named it my [glb]f:[/glb] drive. but here's the PROBLEM- BEFORE c:= original hard drive d:= cdrom drive e:=cdrw drive [glb]f:=usb port (where i'd plug in to upload my pics, mp3's)[/glb] AFTER c:= original hard drive d:= cdrom drive e:=cdrw drive [glb]f:=secondary hard drive (oops!!!) [/glb] my question is: how do i retrieve my usb port? Thanks in advance for any help...Hey, blonde: Most personal computers have more than one USB port. You may leave the external hard drive plugged into the one port and plug your MP3 player or digital camera in one of the other ports. Windows should automatically detect the player or camera and ask you if you want to upload the music or images to your computer's hard drive. USB devices are designed to be hot-swappable (that is, you may plug them in or unplug them while the computer is still on). I would not recommend unplugging the external hard drive while the computer is on, however, but it should be safe to plug in your camera or other device in the free USB port. Regards, Doc hi Doc, thanks for your reply. actually, it's not an external hard drive, its internal. i don't know if that makes a difference. Quote Windows should automatically detect the player or camera and ask you if you want to upload the music or images to your computer's hard drive. when i plug the cable into either port, i get nothing...it used to give me a little pop up window telling me that new hardware is present and the i would go to "start" then"run" then "f:/" and my files would come up...now...nothing. i type in g:/ but that's not valid. should i uninstall the hard drive the reinstall it and assign it to another letter..."m:/" or something?Hi Swanhild You SAY you named your slave hdd f: - did you alter the drive letters after boot time? Drive letters are allocated by your OS at boot time so your slave should have been D: not f: See here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/part_Letter.htm hi Dusty, thanks for your reply. the hd was installed as a slave drive, but it was installed as a storage drive, not a boot drive which might explain why it did not assume d:/ i was able to go into disk management and change the path for the hd. it is now my m:/ drive and it works PROPERLY my original problem still exists, i can not locate any of my usb ports. i used to plug in my irock and see "removable media storage" as drive f:/ when i went into "my computer". i can not locate any usb port anywhere as an accessible drive after i plug in my media. am i missing something simple? apparently it was something simple!!! not sure what i did, but everything is working properly...my f:/ drive is now recognized as my front usb port and my m:/ drive is now mass storage!!! thanks for your suggestions, guys!Why have all our CH experts gone quiet? If ever there was a female cure for a problem that is it. Well done Swanhild, you have probably baffled the best brains on the best pc Help forum. It's a pleasure to read your posts. Good luck.Dusty: To give you a chance to shine! Good to see you at the forum. DocIt was the subject line that caused me not wanting to respond.You could have used disk management?? control panel /admin TOOLS And most of us men no their place when women are concerned. ......what did you say wife i missed hearing you! what!lol, you guys crack me up! Dusty: thanks for the vote of confidence! Raptor: ok...so the damsel in distress routine didn't go over so well! but again, thanks for your responses and at least now i know where "the best brains on th best pc forum" are! and hopefully i will hear from you if i do get stumped (momentarily, of course) again! Quote Posted by: merlin_2 You could have used disk management?? control panel /admin tools that's exactly what i did to rename the hard drive. all i can figure is that i had to reboot for my puter to re-recognize "f:" as my usb port againUse Programs--Administrative Tools--Computer Management to reassign drive letters, any way you choose.

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first of all, i'm not sure if i'm in the RIGHT place....but here goes:

a while back, Circuit City had a great sale on western digital hard drives so i picked up an 80 gig for $30 (not bad huh?). i then installed it as a slave drive (leaving the original as master) i named it my [glb]f:[/glb] drive. but here's the PROBLEM-
BEFORE
c:= original hard drive
d:= cdrom drive
e:=cdrw drive
[glb]f:=usb port (where i'd plug in to upload my pics, mp3's)[/glb]

AFTER
c:= original hard drive
d:= cdrom drive
e:=cdrw drive
[glb]f:=secondary hard drive (oops!!!) [/glb]
my question is: how do i retrieve my usb port?
Thanks in advance for any help...Hey, blonde:

Most personal computers have more than one USB port. You may leave the external hard drive plugged into the one port and plug your MP3 player or digital camera in one of the other ports.

Windows should automatically detect the player or camera and ask you if you want to upload the music or images to your computer's hard drive.

USB devices are designed to be hot-swappable (that is, you may plug them in or unplug them while the computer is still on). I would not recommend unplugging the external hard drive while the computer is on, however, but it should be safe to plug in your camera or other device in the free USB port.

Regards,
Doc
hi Doc,

thanks for your reply. actually, it's not an external hard drive, its internal. i don't know if that makes a difference.

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Windows should automatically detect the player or camera and ask you if you want to upload the music or images to your computer's hard drive.

when i plug the cable into either port, i get nothing...it used to give me a little pop up window telling me that new hardware is present and the i would go to "start" then"run" then "f:/" and my files would come up...now...nothing. i type in g:/ but that's not valid.

should i uninstall the hard drive the reinstall it and assign it to another letter..."m:/" or something?Hi Swanhild

You SAY you named your slave hdd f: - did you alter the drive letters after boot time? Drive letters are allocated by your OS at boot time so your slave should have been D: not f:

See here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/part_Letter.htm

hi Dusty,

thanks for your reply. the hd was installed as a slave drive, but it was installed as a storage drive, not a boot drive which might explain why it did not assume d:/

i was able to go into disk management and change the path for the hd. it is now my m:/ drive and it works PROPERLY

my original problem still exists, i can not locate any of my usb ports. i used to plug in my irock and see "removable media storage" as drive f:/ when i went into "my computer". i can not locate any usb port anywhere as an accessible drive after i plug in my media. am i missing something simple? apparently it was something simple!!! not sure what i did, but everything is working properly...my f:/ drive is now recognized as my front usb port and my m:/ drive is now mass storage!!!

thanks for your suggestions, guys!Why have all our CH experts gone quiet?

If ever there was a female cure for a problem that is it.

Well done Swanhild, you have probably baffled the best brains on the best pc Help forum. It's a pleasure to read your posts.

Good luck.Dusty:

To give you a chance to shine!

Good to see you at the forum.

DocIt was the subject line that caused me not wanting to respond.You could have used disk management?? control panel /admin TOOLS

And most of us men no their place when women are concerned. ......what did you say wife i missed hearing you! what!lol, you guys crack me up!

Dusty:
thanks for the vote of confidence!

Raptor:
ok...so the damsel in distress routine didn't go over so well!

but again, thanks for your responses and at least now i know where "the best brains on th best pc forum" are! and hopefully i will hear from you if i do get stumped (momentarily, of course) again!

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Posted by: merlin_2 You could have used disk management?? control panel /admin tools

that's exactly what i did to rename the hard drive. all i can figure is that i had to reboot for my puter to re-recognize "f:" as my usb port againUse Programs--Administrative Tools--Computer Management to reassign drive letters, any way you choose.

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