Windows should assign different drive letters when you plug the device in.
You can sometimes also use the Device manager - e.g. try
Start|right-click on My Computer|Manage, then look for Computer Management
(local)|Storage|Disk Management (and/or System Tools|Device manager) then
have a look at the relevant volumes. I leave you to explore those areas
(since this group is really about Word mailmerge and not Windows and
hardware issues), selecting the relevant volumes, right-clicking and
choosing change drive letters and paths may be where you need to be.
Depends on the version of Windows though.
Peter Jamieson
"MATTOUNET" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Doug.
What if the External Drive is E:
and the iPod is E:?
Will the Powered USB Hub "fix that" too?
Matthew
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
As Graham pointed out, the Hard Drive is probably drawing too much power.
I
would suggest that you get a powered USB hub and plug everything in to
that,
or at least the Hard Drive into that. The last one that I bought cost
less
than $10
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Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"MATTOUNET" wrote in message
...
My PC has 4 USB jacks.
I have my remoteless mouse in one, the external hard drive in another
and
then the printer in another.
When they're all connected and I try & print, It will only print like a
1/4
of the page.
When I plug the iPod in the PC says it has found an unrecognizable USB
device.
I'm guessing the external drive & the iPod share the same drive E:.
I don't know?
It's inconvenient but not exactly broken.
If I unplug the hard drive everything is a go.
M
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
If your external hard drive does not work well with your printer then
it
is
probably trying to draw more power from the USB port than is available
to
it. Plug it into a port directly on your PC's mother board and avoid
plugging it into a hub.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
MATTOUNET wrote:
Thank you, Graham.
But what I have done, just seconds before getting your reply is;
I am opening the database file from My Data Sources in Access,
then going to Forms,
Create Forms by Using Wizard,
Selecting all my fields,
Naming the file
Saving it to my desktop for later--later consisting of placing all
the new data files on my external drive.
Nightmare.
Speaking of external drives (the reason I put the files on my
desktop
is coming up)... If my external drive E: is connected to the PC, I
cannot run successfully (the reason I detached it) my printer.
The reason I got the drive was to place all my music on there for my
iPod which I later come to find is also E:. In addition to
that--the
external drive doesn't have all the music or sound cards I need to
run iTunes so with 10,000 songs and over 80GB f music, I now have to
SOMEHOW delete enough music (doubles etc) to fit ALL the MUSIC back
on my PC (only 80GB) and fit it onto my 60GB iPod.
You know, Graham.
Nothing is ever easy.
I will check out that link and try to save myself some time in the
future. Currently, I think I can remember how to create the Access
databases that will stay on my desktop until I can plug my external
drive back up, after printing all my database lists.
Nad once it's done... Yea!
Very anti-climatic.
Thank you, Graham.
Smile on~
M
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Create a directory/catalog merge containing all your fields in the
cells of a single row table and merge to a new document. See also
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
MATTOUNET wrote:
Hello:
I would like to view all of my clients names and addresses in a
list
that I can then print.
I have created a mail merge .doc or simply, labels for envelopes,
that I then proceed to print on envelopes.
I would like to see all of them in a list I can also print:
Name Address City State Zip
I cannot export it to Excel (that I am aware of).
I cannot import it from Excel (ditto).
I have multiple mail merge doc's and I do not want doubles.
I also want to be able to find my entries when they come back in
the
mail informing me that the home owner has moved (nightmare).
My friend said, "If a document is already merged, you will need to
see the "data file" which you can access by opening up the merged
doc in Word, go to Tools, and merge. There you will be able to
locate the data file which will either be a table in Word or a
table in Excel."
I could not locate what he was typing about?
Please help me.
Shine on~