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Subject: RE: HELP, Blind user needs help!

RE: HELP, Blind user needs help!

From: Sarai <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:52:33 -0600

I tried that, but I either get disk manager isn't responding, or I
receive the message saying 0 items found.

Sarai D. Bucciarelli

-----Original Message-----
From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]
On Behalf Of Sarah
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:38 PM
To: James Dean; Rockbox
Subject: Re: HELP, Blind user needs help!


Actually you can shorten these steps by right clicking the my computer
icon
on your desktop and hitting enter on the word manage. then follow the
rest
of the stepps. I"m not sure if this is true in xp home. I know it is in
xp
pro.
> Sarai,
>
> Do the following:
> 1. Open "Control Panel."
> 2. navigate to "Administrative Tools."
> 3. Navigate to "Computer Management."
> 4. When "Computer Management" opens, go down until you see "Storage."
> 5. arrow down, probably twice, until you find "Disc Management." 6.
> Once you land on "Disc Management," you should be dropped into a
> listbox that has a list of all the drives as well as the letters they
> are assigned to. If not, Tab until you do reach this listbox. 7. Arrow

> down to your Ipod and press the alt Key and right arrow to "Actions."
> 8. Down arrow until you reach "All tasks Sub menu."
> 9. Right arrow to open the menu and then arrow down until you find
> "Change drive letter and paths..."
> 10. Hit enter and then tab until you find "Change... Button."
> 11. press space, then tab until you find a listbox that contains the
> letters of the alphabet. Arrow down until you find one that you know
> is not being used by your system and tab to the "OK button."
> 12. A warning will come up letting you know that changing a drive
> letter could make some programs not run. Just tell it that yes you do
> want to change it, and you will be taken back to that listbox where
> all your drives are and your IPod should now sho the letter you just
> assigned to it, and it should come right up.
>
> HTH,
>
> James in TN
>
>
>
> Remember when depression strikes, that life will get better,
> eventually!
>
> MSN/Windows Messenger: jamesdean504_at_hotmail.com Skype: Semaj Yahoo
> ID/Ham Radio Callsign: KG4RDF AIM: tootiki
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael DiFebbo" <medifebbo_at_rcn.com>
> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: HELP, Blind user needs help!
>
>
>> Michael wrote:
>>
>>> Assuming that you are using Windows XP, Open "Computer Management,"
>>> and then navigate to "Disk Management." From there, you can ensure
>>> that your iPod is being assigned a drive letter that is not already
>>> used by another device.
>>
>>
>> Sarai replied:
>>> Its being assigned E, but E is used by one of the slots of my USB
>>> external card reader. Even though I unplugged it, its still not
>>> coming up. Under USB devices under device manager, it says something

>>> like USB storage device. Under properties, it says Ipod 0.
>>>
>>
>> Again, use "Disk Management" to assign another drive letter to the
>> iPod.
Received on 2007-01-04

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