USB Key won't show up

For those of you having a difficult time assigning a drive letter to a USB key on a computer connected to a larger network - try this work around.

Problem:

If C: and D: are assigned to HD or CD drive, and E: is a network folder, then the usb drive will not be assigned a letter.

This is the workaround.

Go to:

Start and Right click on My Computer,

In the options select Manage,

In the next screen you need to click Disk Management,

You will see in the same screen on the right hand side a visual representation of your computers hard drives and cd/dvd drives along with you 128mb Lexar usb key.

You need to right click on the Lexar drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.

In the next screen select Change and assign a new letter not associated with the LRRF network drives (avoid I:, G:, E:, H:.). A good letter would be K:.

If you encounter a warning at this point that leads you to believe that programs may become unstable just proceed. It is a non-issue.

Once a new drive letter is assigned you will then have full access to your USB key.

Hope this helps.