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Re: MS Access

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: MS Access
Date 2024-08-12 14:16 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Mon, 8/12/2024 4:38 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:28:19 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> On 8/7/24 11:11 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Trying to remember what the “E:” drive or “Z:” drive is for ...
>>
>> Use mnemonics as much as possible ... like "P:\" for the Payroll
>> stuff.
> 
> Or better still, use a more modern OS that allows for more descriptive 
> names.
> 

The volumes have labels and letters.

My C:\ drive has a label of "W11HOME".

Disk Management has an Explore option, which allows you to view the
labels, see the item you want, then... jump from DM to Explorer and
view the contents as a File Manager. This means you can see a label,
know what the volume is, then go visit the volume in the platform File Manager.

    [Picture]

     https://i.postimg.cc/J44YFQBp/labels-disk-management.gif

Now, if I use Linux on the same drive, this happens.
If I click to mount, the label is used by the Automounter to make a name.

mint@mint:~$ df
Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs           13127264      1612  13125652   1% /run
/dev/sr0         2995344   2995344         0 100% /cdrom
/cow            65636304     29904  65606400   1% /
tmpfs           65636304         0  65636304   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs               5120         4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           65636304         4  65636300   1% /tmp
tmpfs           13127260       132  13127128   1% /run/user/999
/dev/sda7      715167740 650159392  65008348  91% /media/mint/SHARED
/dev/sda3      124493820  72753928  51739892  59% /media/mint/W11HOME
/dev/sda5      135264344  57284904  77979440  43% /media/mint/WIN10AMD
mint@mint:~$

I could CD to /media/mint/W11HOME if I wanted and work there.

I'm not "glued to the letters". The labels work just fine.

   Paul

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                Re: MS Access (was: Re: Linux at scale) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-06 00:25 +0000
                Re: MS Access "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-08-06 02:56 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-06 23:37 +0000
                Re: MS Access Philip Herlihy <PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid> - 2024-08-07 12:38 +0100
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-09 01:16 +0000
                Re: MS Access rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-08-08 17:42 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-12 01:06 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 08:38 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-13 01:51 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-13 21:49 +0000
                Re: MS Access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-14 02:48 +0000
                Re: MS Access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-14 02:50 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-14 03:36 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-14 03:52 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-14 08:49 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-14 03:50 -0400
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                Re: MS Access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-14 16:52 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-14 21:37 +0000
                Re: MS Access sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2024-08-14 18:22 -0500
                Re: MS Access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-15 00:30 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-16 02:22 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-17 00:14 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-17 07:25 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2024-08-17 23:44 -0700
                Re: MS Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-08-18 05:28 -0400
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                Re: MS Access Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-18 08:43 +0000
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                Re: MS Access vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-08-15 04:24 +0000
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                Re: MS Access rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-08-20 04:56 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-19 23:23 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 23:52 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-09 01:15 +0000
                Re: MS Access Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-08-09 06:29 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-09 06:32 +0000
                Re: MS Access Philip Herlihy <PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid> - 2024-08-08 12:19 +0100
                Re: MS Access Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2024-08-08 13:21 +0100
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-09 01:15 +0000
                Re: MS Access Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2024-08-09 08:51 +0100
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-07 02:29 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-07 06:45 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 08:38 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-13 02:10 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-13 21:43 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-13 01:33 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-13 21:44 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-14 08:47 +0000
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                Re: MS Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-08-14 04:13 -0400
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                Re: MS Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-08-14 12:49 -0400
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                Re: MS Access candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-08-22 21:00 +0000
                Re: MS Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-08-11 04:15 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-11 09:07 +0000
                Re: MS Access candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-08-23 22:00 +0000
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-11 09:06 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-07 21:39 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-08 03:12 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-12 00:23 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 08:39 +0000
                Re: MS Access Just Me <meeeeee@meeeee.com> - 2024-08-07 12:59 +0000
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                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-07 21:53 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-08 03:13 +0000
                Re: MS Access "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-12 00:33 -0400
                Re: MS Access Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 08:41 +0000
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