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[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by leeklitz

Thanks everyone. I'm using a laptop, hard drive is full and have got kma songs on the external hard drive and I didn't want to mess up my program on the enternl hard dive. If I do this The songbook will list all the somgs, right? and the program will bring the external drive up when selected?
Thanks Rich

If you have songs on both internal and external drive then you will need to list both locations when you build the database. Then yes it will list all of the songs and the program will play the songs from the location listed. If they don't show up then check the drive letter for the external and change if needed.

[Wallymeister]

Windows 2000 and Windows XP allow the static assignment of drive letters on volumes, partitions, and CD-ROM drives.

This means that you permanently assign a drive letter to a specific partition, volume, or CD-ROM drive.

When you add a new hard disk to an existing computer system, it will not affect statically assigned drive letters.


e.g. I assigned my USB drive the letter K: (secret code for Karaoke) he, he

Everytime I plug it in it is automatically K drive

Hope this helps.

Wally

[bryant]

I have two ext. HD, one always seems to be on F while the other always on E. Only if I plug them in after Windows starts. Hoster looks in my F. I always check on my computer to see that the drive is on F before I start however; just to be sure. Also, both my HD's are labelled as F and E, but I still double-check beforehand.

[ddouglass]

I have had externals change drive letter on me from one set up to the next, so it isn't always so Wallymeister. Your internal drives won't change once they are set but the externals can, especially if you open a windows session without it and shutdown or restart. Then the next time you turn it on in a session it is fair game for Windows to choose the letter.

[leeklitz]

After you do the song database how do you get hoster to recognize the drive, or how do you add the drive letter to hoster?

[ddouglass]

Building the song database is where you identify the drive for hoster. There isn't anything else to do.

[Wallymeister]

ddouglass,
My External drive without fail is always recognized as K, so I don't understand what you are saying. The previous post was copy and pasted from windows help. You have to tell it to always assign this drive letter to this volume, otherwise they will possibly change depending on what else you have hooked up etc. I am using XP pro so maybe it's only available in pro.

You have to do this in disc management section of control panel.
Wally