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Windows XP consuming drive letters

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Mar 15, 2026345 views
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This one's a bit of a stumper. I'm running XP SP3, current with all fixes, etc. My problem is that I can assign a drive letter to a container file (explained below), it works just fine. But once I close the container, the drive letter is no longer available until the next boot. I've got some confid…

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Fix for: Windows XP consuming drive letters

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Try registry editing... found here http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/08/change-or-delete-system-drive-letter-via-registry-to-remove-conflict-usb-or-firewire-drive-letter/ same principal. Sounds like your mount issues are not getting cleared up b…

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