Drive Letter Conflict (Windows Operating Systems) - Kingston DataTraveler 4000 Mode D'emploi

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Drive letter conflict (Windows operating systems)

As mentioned in the 'System Requirements' section of this manual (on page 3), the DT4000
requires two consecutive drive letters AFTER the last physical disk that appears before the
'gap' in drive letter assignments (see
because they are specific to user profiles and not the system hardware profile itself, thus
appearing available to the OS.
What this means is, Windows may assign the DT4000 a drive letter that's already in use by a
network share or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path, causing a drive letter conflict. If
this happens, please consult your administrator or helpdesk department for information on
changing drive letter assignments in Windows Disk Management (administrator privileges
required.)
In this example, the DT4000 uses drive F:, which is the first available drive letter after drive E:
(the last physical disk before the drive letter gap). Since letter G: is a network share and not
part of the hardware profile, the DT4000 may attempt to use it as its second drive letter,
causing a conflict.
If there are no network shares on your system and the DT4000 still won't load, it is possible
that a card reader, removable disk or other previously-installed device is holding on to a drive-
letter assignment and still causing a conflict.
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). This does NOT pertain to network shares
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Figure 10.5 – My Computer
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