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Old 04-21-2009
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Much Easier Solution

I found a MUCH easier solution to this issue. I simply deleted the device from the Device Manager and rebooted. When I rebooted the drive letter was assigned to D: instead of E:. Here is exactly how I did it:

1) Right-click My Computer and choose Manage
2) Select Device Manger
3) Expand Disk Drives (make sure your SD card is inserted before you go to Device Manager)
4) Left-click on SD Memory Card and choose Uninstall
5) Reboot
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Old 06-29-2009
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Member since: Jun 2009, 1 posts
Hi guys, new guy here.

Just thought I'd register to let you know another way of fixing this is similar to Redwin's idea, however it doesn't require a restart.

If you have Daemon tools installed, simply right click on the tray icon and set the amount of virtual drives to 'disabled'

worked for me, who knows.
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Old 09-22-2009
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Problem solved!! USB Mass storage now visible in XP explorer!!

Thank you Bluemouse!! After scouring the internet for 3 weeks this finally worked!! I backed up the registry filed like you said, and after a blue screen and a couple of reboots, I plugged in my mass storage device and WALA!! It was automatically assigned letter F; by the XP explorer!! Letter E: was assigned to a virtual drive on my Lenovo IBM, drive C:, used for backup and recovery. I suspect that there was a conflict before, with the IBM virtual drive and my USB mass storage, both trying to use the E: drive. I had tried using Disk Manager to assign another letter to the USB mass storage, but it still had not worked. Oddly enough I was able to access the USB mass storage device from the the Device Manager and other programs like Outlook for attachments, but NOT through XP Explorer. NOW it works!! Just a question: I noticed that the DOS-Drive letters were recreated in the mounted device folder.... How about the upper-filter thingy? Is that automatically re-installed as well?

Now another issue: How do I get my Plug and Play to work?? I normally wouldn't care, but I'm trying to install a Canon printer that relies on the plug n play for installation. Before I reinstalled Windows XP, I used to get a "New Hardware Detected". Not any more. Anybody??
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