PS/LR photo catalog w/varying drive letters

[PapaJim]

I'm new to Photoshop and Light room, both of which like to organize my photos. I'm keeping all my photo files on a 1Tb USB disk drive. Every time I plug my drive into a USB port, one of several disk drive letters are assigned to it (e.g., F:, G:, etc.) Will this present a challenge to the organizer software? If, how do I mitigate the problem?
Thanks for considering this issue.
Jim

[OsmosisStudios]

Im gonna be a smartass: Dont use the software to organize your photos. Do it manually.

[oldwolf]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Im gonna be a smartass: Dont use the software to organize your photos. Do it manually.

This is what I do. I manually organize my images.

With that being said, when you plug in your drive is it always assigned the same drive letter? If it is then give it a try to see how LR reacts to it. If it doesn't then is there a way to assign a certain drive letter to it everytime?

[ravncat]

Lightroom doesn't follow named disks, just drive letters, you have two options: update folder locations in LR or use disk management tool to rename drive

If theres an auto solution I'd love to know it

[oldwolf]

They tested it out in vista and xp so it should be the same in 7.

Assign a Permanent Letter to a USB Thumb Drive | Windows 7 | Windows Tools, Help & Guides

For win 7

http://superuser.com/questions/10818...sb-hard-drives

[ravncat]

Awesome, thanks