Re: ZoomFloppy

On Jun 11, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Scott wrote:
> I'm really enjoying my ZoomFloppy card. Though I've run into an issue. With
> the ZoomFloppy connected when I connect my U3 Flash Drive I get the
> following error. 
> 
> 'LaunchU3
> 
> Windows has allocated a drive letter to the U3dirve that is already taken by
> another drive on your machine or there are no more drive letters available
> on this machine. Try disconnecting any network drives that you have
> connected to your computer and restart U3 by double-clicking LaunchU3.exe or
> the U3 System CD-ROM icon. 
> 
> If you do not have administrative privileges that allow you to disconnect
> network drives, contact the system administrator
> 
> For more troubleshooting timps click the Troubleshoot button.' 
> 
> I am running Win 7 Pro 32bit. Anyone have any Ideals what is causing this? I
> can connect the U3 1st and then the ZoomFloppy and I'm rocking. But when I
> reboot or remove the U3 Drive I'm back to this issue. 

There is a ZoomFloppy mailing list at google groups for these kinds of questions. You may get a more prompt reply there in the future.

The ZF doesn't use a drive letter. It's not a mass storage device. It sounds like you have some kind of third-party software installed for your flash drive ("LaunchU3"). It is possible this driver doesn't understand the ZF (a USB device with two bulk pipes but it is vendor-specific, NOT mass storage) but it is still trying to claim it.

I'd try uninstalling the LaunchU3 program and see if that helps. You don't need a special driver for USB flash drives. They've been supported natively in Windows since Win2k.

-Nate
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