Can Drive Letters be Changed? (I'm new to xp)

[ron]

Hi:

I'm brand new to xp. I've used 98se for the past 4 years, and
I've just set up a dual boot system for 98se and xp.
Here's my problem: I have 6 hard drives, and 2 dvd burners.

In 98se my hard drives are c to h, and my 2 burners are i and j.

When I set up xp, I started with 2 drives, then added other
drives and burners gradually.
To make a long story short, my drive letters are all screwed up.

98 xp

c (98se) (same) c (xp)
d (same) d
e changed to h
f changed to i
g changed to e
h changed to j
i changed to f
j changed to g


This is screwing me all up (in my head).
I've got a clean install of xp, with no programs added yet.

Is it possible to force xp to rename the drives, so that I can
give them the same letters that they have in 98se?

Thank you very much!!

 

[Odo]

Yes it is possible and simple to achieve.

Right click "My Computer" and chose "Manage".
Click "Disk Management" node.
On the right-hand side, right-click the disk-area (with the colored bar on
top) of the "drive" you want to assign another drive-letter to and chose
"Change Drive letter and Paths..."
From there on it should be pretty self-evident.

Good luck and have fun.
Odo

 

[Phil]

Yes, right click my computer, manage, disk management, right click the
drive, choose: change drive letters and paths. The c drive cannot be
changed.

 

[ron]

Hi:

I'm brand new to xp. I've used 98se for the past 4 years, and
I've just set up a dual boot system for 98se and xp.

(snip)


Never mind. I just found another post that told how to do it,
and I've already been able to change drive letters back to the same as
98se.
Fortunately, I haven't added any programs to xp yet, so I didn't
have to worry about messed up drive paths in the registry.

Everything seems to be working OK.

ron

 

[ron]

Yes it is possible and simple to achieve.

Right click "My Computer" and chose "Manage".
Click "Disk Management" node.
On the right-hand side, right-click the disk-area (with the colored bar on
top) of the "drive" you want to assign another drive-letter to and chose
"Change Drive letter and Paths..."
From there on it should be pretty self-evident.

Good luck and have fun.
Odo

(snip)

Odo:

Thanks for your time and help. However, before I saw your
reply, I had already found the answer in another post on this
newsgroup.
I made the changes and everything seems to be working OK.

Anyways, I __do__ appreciate you time and response. Wow, your
response was quick...within 10 minutes.

Thanks again.

ron

 

[ron]

Yes, right click my computer, manage, disk management, right click the
drive, choose: change drive letters and paths. The c drive cannot be
changed.

(snip)

Phil,

Thanks very much for your time and reply. However, after posting
my question, I scanned through the newsgroup, and found the answer in
another post.
I managed to change the letters, and everything seems to be
working OK.
Then I decided I better post a follow-up & let people know I had
found the answer. When I did, I discovered that you had already
responded.
Next time I'll learn to scan the newsgroup first,before posting,
to see if my questions/problems have been answered elsewhere.

Anyways, thank you for your time and response...less than 15
minutes!! I do appreciate it.

ron

 

[Phil]

(snip)

Phil,

Thanks very much for your time and reply. However, after posting
my question, I scanned through the newsgroup, and found the answer in
another post.
I managed to change the letters, and everything seems to be
working OK.
Then I decided I better post a follow-up & let people know I had
found the answer. When I did, I discovered that you had already
responded.
Next time I'll learn to scan the newsgroup first,before posting,
to see if my questions/problems have been answered elsewhere.

Anyways, thank you for your time and response...less than 15
minutes!! I do appreciate it.

ron

You're welcome. Glad you figured it out.

 

[Alex Nichol]

When I set up xp, I started with 2 drives, then added other
drives and burners gradually.
To make a long story short, my drive letters are all screwed up.

98 xp

c (98se) (same) c (xp)

You can change all but the one where the Windows folder is (your C and
the one initially booted - in your case the same, but may not be.

Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk
Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drives

R-click in a partition or on a CD drive Icon, Change Drive Letter