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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: WinXP problemRe: WinXP problem
From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:18:17 -0500 On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:25:01 -0500, "Brian Wolven" <brian.wolven_at_verizon.net> wrote: >Neon John wrote: >> Running WinXP Pro with all the patches on this laptop (Dell >> Inspiron). When I plug in the Recorder, it pops up a window that >> asks what to do. If I say "Open folder for viewing", all is fine in >> that instance of Explorer. >> >> The problem is, if I open another instance of explorer, that drive >> doesn't appear in the list of available drives. If I type the drive >> letter explicitly on the URL line, it goes there but the drive is >> described as "raw" and will not accept long file names. >> >> If I try to set up any kind of autorun.inf, the same problem arises. >> No instance of explorer opens, of course, and the new drive letter >> does not appear in the list of drives that a manually opened instance >> of Explorer shows. Again, if I type the letter explicitly, it will >> go there but again mounts as "raw". > >I've never seen the "raw" issue, under XP or 2k, with a variety of PC's. No >clue there. I can't stand the autorun stuff, so I disabled it completely for >my Archos drive letter using MS's TweakUI. Whether that might make the other >issues go away or not, I don't know. Have you verified that everything on >the recorder is otherwise formatted properly? I have 2 recorders and a Studio and all three behave the same so I don't think it's an Archos problem. If I kill autorun then the above problem with the RAW drive happens every time. John --- John De Armond johngdDONTYOUDARE_at_bellsouth.net http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TNReceived on 2003-12-25 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |