I have a client whose data has been moved from the H drive to the I drive, but their Access export script seems to have hardcoded the H drive as the destination even though it no longer exists on the new system. How would I create an H drive that maps to the I drive? I'm a unix/linux guy.
I'm guessing something like mklink /d H: I:? Would that work?
No, mklink isn't going to do it for you. What you need to do is to create a virtual hard drive (VHD) and copy the client's data to it. (Or modify the export script, which is the best thing to do.) I used Windows 7 to test my instructions below.
Start-> run-> diskmgmt.msc (accept all defaults... I'm not doing anything special below)
From the menu bar select Action -> Create VHD
Choose the location and name the file (which will be the vhd) and specify the size and click OK.
Right click on the Disk # (underneath will be Unknown and the size and "Not Initialized"). Select "Initialize Disk" & click OK
Right click on the black bar of the unallocated disk space and select "new simple volume". A wizard opens up an on the second page it lets you assign the drive letter. Complete the wizard and you're done!
You can use good old SUBST command for that
"subst H: I:"
Create some startup CMD to make it available after reboot.
Map a network drive to \\localhost\H$ and set it to Drive I.
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I had 7 drives, but after formatting the windows one of that drive(I:) not showing, help me to retrive that drive without loosing any data
I think your drive is unmounted
https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/add-a-hard-drive-to-this-pc-in-windows-10.html
your drive might missing the Drive Letter or path please follow the bellow method to assign a new letter
click on windows
search drive management ( click on "Create or format hard disk partition")
right click on your missing drive and select "Change Drive letter and path"
click on "Add"
select any one of the given letter
click ok
check the drive in this pc
tada, drive retrived with all data
OR
If your drive is unmounted follow those steps: https://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/58667/mount-drive-windows/
This is probably a very basic question, but i do not know the answer.
When I click on Start Menu and then Computer Management. Click on Shared Folders and then on Shares, I see Sharename= "C$" with Folder path "C:\" And
Sharename= "C" with Folder path "C:\".
I do not know the difference between C and C$. Can anybody guide me
Thanks
MR
Share names with a $ suffix are hidden shares, they are not displayed in the Network part of the shell namespace in Explorer but you can access them if you know the name.
The admin$ share and all drive volume shares are administrative shares created by Windows. You can disable them if you want to.
I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use a root directory with a program for flash drives. For example: I'm trying to run "E://Program/data/install.vbs" but the driver letter keeps changing. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.
I think the batch version of what I am looking for is %root%\Program\data\install.bat but I still need it in vbscript form.
Try to "lock" the letter of flash drive in Computer Management is you are using Windows.
If you use Windows then go to Control Panel > Disk Management
Find your drive, right click, select "change drive latter and path", click on "add" browse to a new folder on your local computer [C:\MyFlashCard].
Every time you connect your flash drive, no matter which drive latter it gets, it will be mounted to the folder you selected, so you can use the local path. [c:\MyFlashDrive\program\data\install.vbs]
I am writing a PowerShell script that will back up several folders from my Vista drive to an external USB drive, using robocopy.
Windows does not guarantee that it will always assign the same drive letter to the external drive.
What is the best way to get around this problem?
How do I code the destination paths?
Thanks.
Windows could change that drive letter assigned to your USB drive.
The correct way to do this backup is mounting the USB drive in an empty directory. Not only does it add some consistency to swapped storage, it also allows for a persistent shortcut on a Windows desktop.
That's how to:
Run "diskmgmt.msc" from Windows' Run/Start Search box,
Right-click on your plugged-in drive and choose "Change Drive Letter
and Paths."
Remove the current drive letter assigned to your drive.
Click on the Add button
Select Mount into the following empty NTFS folder and click on
browse.
Now navigate to the subfolder that you want to assign the USB drive
to and confirm the assignment.
The USB drive will from now on be accessible from that folder (if it is connected to the computer of course).
Now you can change your script to select, as destination folder, the folder with the mounted drive and forget the drive letter persistence.
Use can use "Drive Letter View" available free at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/drive_letter_view.html to assign desired drive letter to external drive. From this moment on, the selected removable media will always be mounted with same letter. (Test with windows 8.1)
Towards commercial side "Zentimo storage" at http://www.zentimo.com is the best solution.
or
Use Diskpart
diskpart> list volume
select volume n
assign letter=T i.e the new letter.
Are you sure it's impossible? (I don't have an external hard drive to test now). I think that if you right-click on "computer", then select manage, you can select a letter for an hard drive that will allways be the same for this disk.
However, can't you use the serial number of the disk?
(sorry if my explanations weren't well explained, I'm not a native english speaker)
Our CD autostarts, but occasionally customers have that disabled (by a CD burner, etc.).
As a backup, we include instructions on the back of our CD (below). I'm trying to find better instructions, for Windows XP and above. (Ideally for Windows 98 and above)
CURRENT
If it does not auto-start:
Repeat instructions (above) once. If that fails again:
Click Start | My Computer or double-click My Computer on your Windows® desktop.
Double-click CD drive. Looks like:
OurCompany CD (D:)
CD Contents are listed, usually to the right.
Double-click Start, in the list.
But the My Computer option isn't always on the Desktop and when it is customers have trouble finding it. And Vista doesn't label the start button
ALTERNATIVE
Click "Start" | "Run"
In the box in front of "Open:" type : d:start (where 'd' is drive letter for your CD-ROM.
Problem here is that some people won't know what their CD ROM drive letter is.
Any better suggestions?
One way might be : make an icon on your CD, and have user look for that icon.
Make the icon stand out so it's easy to look for and just tell them to double-click the icon.
Use the same icon on start.exe too.
And you might as well move everything else into its own folder on the CD, leaving only autorun.inf and start.exe on the CD's root.
Well, the Windows+E key will bring up Windows Explorer. You could ask them to press that key combination, and that will at least get them an Explorer window without having to go to the desktop...