Hi All,

I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
drive (first card reader drive letter).

Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?


Thanks for any help,

Charles

Probably get laughed out of the house, but, if you want the DVD to have
drive letter afterwards on permanent basis, clean install XP. Then assign a
latter drive letter like S: or T: to it. Then install your software from
CD/DVD. Then introduce the card reader to the PC.
Or
just leave it alone.

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Noncompliant
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All,
>
> I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Charles
>

They are being assigned by whatever driver loads first. Use disk management
to assign the CD drive to X or/and Y. That will get them away from competing
with your card readers.


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All,
>
> I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Charles
>

Hi,

This is a clean install and I did the steps exactly as you described
execpt for 1 step. I installed the Card Reader software before I
installed Roxio 7. Come to think of it I did not start having this
problem until after I installed Roxio 7. I think I will ask in the
Roxio forums also, just in case they have heard of this problem.


Thanks for your input,

Charles

On Feb 11, 8:28 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@blackworm.net> wrote:
> Probably get laughed out of the house, but, if you want the DVD to have
> drive letter afterwards on permanent basis, clean install XP. Then assign a
> latter drive letter like S: or T: to it. Then install your software from
> CD/DVD. Then introduce the card reader to the PC.
> Or
> just leave it alone.
>
> --
> Noncompliant<Charle...@MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> > About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> > with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> > Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> > drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> > drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> > drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
> > Thanks for any help,
>
> > Charles

Hi,

My DVD-R is drive W: and my DVD-RW is drive X:. My 4 card reader
drives start at drive letter S: and end in letter V:. Drive X: gets
exchanged with drive S:, so X: becomes S: and S: becomes X:. Drives
C: thru R: are hard drives.


Thanks for your input,

Charles

On Feb 11, 9:51 am, "Woody" <TheD...@pond.net> wrote:
> They are being assigned by whatever driver loads first. Use disk management
> to assign the CD drive to X or/and Y. That will get them away from competing
> with your card readers.
>
> <Charle...@MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> > About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> > with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> > Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> > drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> > drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> > drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
> > Thanks for any help,
>
> > Charles

Is this where the cardreader device defaults to lower drive (further down
the alphabet) letter like some Sandisk flash/thumb drives? My Sandisk 1GB
thumb drive defaults to W: Cd drive is S. DVD drive is T: Last partition
letter is M: A little drive letter space to breathe with still.

--
Noncompliant

For corporate legal advice regarding the EULA for XP, check with a lawyer
qualified in corporate law.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> This is a clean install and I did the steps exactly as you described
> execpt for 1 step. I installed the Card Reader software before I
> installed Roxio 7. Come to think of it I did not start having this
> problem until after I installed Roxio 7. I think I will ask in the
> Roxio forums also, just in case they have heard of this problem.
>
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Charles
>
> On Feb 11, 8:28 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@blackworm.net> wrote:
>> Probably get laughed out of the house, but, if you want the DVD to have
>> drive letter afterwards on permanent basis, clean install XP. Then
>> assign a
>> latter drive letter like S: or T: to it. Then install your software
>> from
>> CD/DVD. Then introduce the card reader to the PC.
>> Or
>> just leave it alone.
>>
>> --
>> Noncompliant<Charle...@MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> > Hi All,
>>
>> > I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
>> > About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
>> > with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
>> > Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
>> > drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
>> > drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
>> > drive (first card reader drive letter).
>>
>> > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>>
>> > Thanks for any help,
>>
>> > Charles
>

Hi,

I remember the first time I had this problem. After I installed Roxio
7 I had to reboot. After the reboot I noticed that Drag-To-Disc was
set to use drive S:. Since I knew drive S: was a card slot I thought
Roxio was crazy, but when I looked at the drive order I found my DVD-
RW had actually changed from drive X: to drive S:. I used disk
management to change the drives back then rebooted. After this Drag-
To-Disc was using the correct drive letter (X. Thought the problem
was fixed but since then I find that once or twice a week, after a
reboot, I have to change the drive letters around again. Not sure why
but I will ask Roxio.


Thanks for your input,

Charles

On Feb 12, 5:32 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@blackworm.net> wrote:
> Is this where the cardreader device defaults to lower drive (further down
> the alphabet) letter like some Sandisk flash/thumb drives? My Sandisk 1GB
> thumb drive defaults to W: Cd drive is S. DVD drive is T: Last partition
> letter is M: A little drive letter space to breathe with still.
>
> --
> Noncompliant
>
> For corporate legal advice regarding the EULA for XP, check with a lawyer
> qualified in corporate law.
>
> <Charle...@MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > This is a clean install and I did the steps exactly as you described
> > execpt for 1 step. I installed the Card Reader software before I
> > installed Roxio 7. Come to think of it I did not start having this
> > problem until after I installed Roxio 7. I think I will ask in the
> > Roxio forums also, just in case they have heard of this problem.
>
> > Thanks for your input,
>
> > Charles
>
> > On Feb 11, 8:28 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@blackworm.net> wrote:
> >> Probably get laughed out of the house, but, if you want the DVD to have
> >> drive letter afterwards on permanent basis, clean install XP. Then
> >> assign a
> >> latter drive letter like S: or T: to it. Then install your software
> >> from
> >> CD/DVD. Then introduce the card reader to the PC.
> >> Or
> >> just leave it alone.
>
> >> --
> >> Noncompliant<Charle...@MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >> > Hi All,
>
> >> > I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> >> > About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> >> > with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> >> > Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> >> > drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> >> > drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> >> > drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> >> > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
> >> > Thanks for any help,
>
> >> > Charles

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?


There are reports that ZoneAlarm causes this effect.
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...955e9bc27fa903



Uwe

Hi,

Yes, I do use the same version of ZoneAlarm. Most likely that is my
problem also.


Thanks for the link and help,

Charles

On Feb 12, 10:10 am, Uwe Sieber <m...@uwe-sieber.de> wrote:
> Charle...@MailandNews.Com wrote:
> > Hi All,
>
> > I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
> > About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
> > with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
> > Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
> > drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
> > drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
> > drive (first card reader drive letter).
>
> > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>
> There are reports that ZoneAlarm causes this effect.http://groups.google.com/group/micro...xp.hardware/br...
>
> Uwe

Charles,

I was one of the folks that posted on the ZA site (as well as here) and
indeed ZA causes that.

As a result, I have gone back to version 6.1.744.001, which is the
latest one that does NOT change drive letters.

I suggest you do the same.

Fred S

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, I do use the same version of ZoneAlarm. Most likely that is my
> problem also.
>
>
> Thanks for the link and help,
>
> Charles
>
> On Feb 12, 10:10 am, Uwe Sieber <m...@uwe-sieber.de> wrote:
>> Charle...@MailandNews.Com wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> I use WinXP Pro SP2, with all updates installed, on a P4 2.0Ghz.
>>> About once or twice a week I have a DVD-RW drive change drive letters
>>> with a USB 2.0 Card Reader drive after a reboot. I used Disk
>>> Management to assign the 4 USB 2.0 card reader drives and the 2 DVD
>>> drives in my preferred order. After a reboot the DVD-RW drive (last
>>> drive letter) will change drive letters with a USB 2.0 card reader
>>> drive (first card reader drive letter).
>>> Does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Or why it is happening?
>> There are reports that ZoneAlarm causes this effect.http://groups.google.com/group/micro...xp.hardware/br...
>>
>> Uwe
>