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Oct 24th, 2001, 07:32 AM
#1
hdd drive letters
just brain farting....
but what happens when you get really rich and decide to have more than 26 IDE devices? What comes after Z:?
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Oct 24th, 2001, 07:46 AM
#2
I'd like to be able to make custom Drive anchors {I don't think they could be called Logical Drives anymore though}
But, if you Network, you could just start making shortcuts.
-Lou
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Oct 24th, 2001, 07:59 AM
#3
Well I don't have that many IDE devices, but if you look in the drive letters available for mapping, that only goes up to Z.
So maybe when you get that far you'll be stuck?
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Oct 24th, 2001, 08:11 AM
#4
PowerPoster
Maybe if you wanted to map to every computer's HDD in a large building, you'd have a problem...
How about doing an Excel job...
A B C ... X Y Z AA AB AC ... AX AY AZ
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Oct 24th, 2001, 08:58 AM
#5
You would never have 26 local drives. First of all, A and B assigned for Floppy/Zip/Floppy120, so it leaves you with 24.
Then you probably have CD-ROM/DVD so it leaves you with 22. Now.......you will never have enough IRQs for your devices, 
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Oct 24th, 2001, 09:21 AM
#6
Once I made a logical Drive juggler, where clicking a hot button
reconfigs your connections to one of many saved strategies.
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