Disk Letter Assignment
I am using Office 2003 with Windows XP.
I recently moved all my data files to a flash disk. When I did so, I reassigned my various Office components (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to that new drive (Identified as Drive H, using the Options dialogue box. All worked fine. When I restarted my computer, the drive designation was changed from H to O. I reassigned Word and Powerpoint to Disk O; but Excel will not allow me to do anything on the Options dialogue box, indicating it can't find Disk H. How do I get past this so I can reassign Excel to Disk O? |
Disk Letter Assignment
Bad maneuver. Working off a removable drive like that is going to cause
data loss. Just a matter of when it happens. Removable drive letters will be assigned as necessary depending on what and when the operating system sees them. Rick wrote: I am using Office 2003 with Windows XP. I recently moved all my data files to a flash disk. When I did so, I reassigned my various Office components (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to that new drive (Identified as Drive H, using the Options dialogue box. All worked fine. When I restarted my computer, the drive designation was changed from H to O. I reassigned Word and Powerpoint to Disk O; but Excel will not allow me to do anything on the Options dialogue box, indicating it can't find Disk H. How do I get past this so I can reassign Excel to Disk O? |
Disk Letter Assignment
I understand that the drive letter may change. But I should be able to
update Excel with the new drive when I need to. Word and Powerpoint allow it. But Excel does not. How can I get Excel to allow it? "Bob I" wrote: Bad maneuver. Working off a removable drive like that is going to cause data loss. Just a matter of when it happens. Removable drive letters will be assigned as necessary depending on what and when the operating system sees them. Rick wrote: I am using Office 2003 with Windows XP. I recently moved all my data files to a flash disk. When I did so, I reassigned my various Office components (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to that new drive (Identified as Drive H, using the Options dialogue box. All worked fine. When I restarted my computer, the drive designation was changed from H to O. I reassigned Word and Powerpoint to Disk O; but Excel will not allow me to do anything on the Options dialogue box, indicating it can't find Disk H. How do I get past this so I can reassign Excel to Disk O? |
Disk Letter Assignment
Don't let Windows push you around!
You can control the assigned drive letter: Connect the drive and right-click the My Computer icon Manage Storage Disk Management right-click the drive Change Drive Letters and paths... This will help to insure a constant letter is used. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200903 "Rick" wrote: I am using Office 2003 with Windows XP. I recently moved all my data files to a flash disk. When I did so, I reassigned my various Office components (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to that new drive (Identified as Drive H, using the Options dialogue box. All worked fine. When I restarted my computer, the drive designation was changed from H to O. I reassigned Word and Powerpoint to Disk O; but Excel will not allow me to do anything on the Options dialogue box, indicating it can't find Disk H. How do I get past this so I can reassign Excel to Disk O? |
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