flash drive tip?

Goldy

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This has probably been posted before.
New computers no longer have floppy drives so there are two drive letters that are available which are
seldom used by folks who have multiple hard drives or add in flash drives, A and B.
I have several removable HDs and my C drive which I use for just windows and programs with my B drive as my
work/data drive. A is my flash drive for moving files and work from home to my work computer.
note you just have to set them up as A or B in the drive manager (Change Drive letter).
I don't know if it was my system or not but at first it wouldn't save as A between boots until
I rebooted with the flash drive installed. but after that when I inserted the drive it comes up as
A: automatically.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway dx 4370g
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz AMD A6-3620 APU
    Motherboard
    Acer DAA75L
    Memory
    10 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 6530D
    Browser
    internet explorer 10 and Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton
I'll keep that in mind if I ever run out of letters. My MB actually has floppy controller but can be disabled altogether. USB boot options have "USB-FDD" setting for booting from USB memory sticks formatted to FAT or USB Floppy drives. Some MBs actually have a FDD controller without HW connector so it has to be disabled before this "trick" would work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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