Change Drive Letters

[Guest]

This is with reference to my previous post :

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Is it possible to change my disk drive letters allocated
by windows xp pro. I had added a new HDD after installing
xp pro and now its named f: i want to change it to d: .
Currently it is as follows
a: FDD
c: HDD containing XP files (NTFS)
d: CD RW Drive
e: CD ROM Drive
f: NEW HDD Empty And formatted using NTFS

What I want It To Be

a: FDD
c: HDD containing XP files (NTFS)
d: NEW HDD Empty And formatted using NTFS
e: CD RW Drive
f: CD ROM Drive
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As I said my CD Writer has already occupied the D: and
now all I can change my HDD drive letter to is any letter
after F: whereas I want to change it to D: and therefore
shift current D: and E: appropriately. (Where D and E are
my cd rw/rom drives and C: is my system drive). Someone
pls tell me how should I change the drive letter of my cd
rw/rom drives first and then keep the d: free for my HDD.

 

[Randy Byrne [MVP]]

This can be done easily.


1. rt click on My Computer and select Manage
2. on the left pane, under the storage, click on Disk Management
3. on the bottom rt pane - rt click on the E: CDROM and select "Change drive letter
and paths"and change it to Z:
3. on the bottom rt pane - rt click on the D: CD RW and select change drive letter
and paths and change it to E:
4. on the bottom rt pane - rt click on the F: NEW HDD and select change drive letter
and paths and change it to D:
5. on the bottom rt pane - rt click on the Z: CDROM and select change drive letter
and paths and change it to F:

Warning!! Changing the CDRW/CDROM drive letters can mess up some applications/games.
They may try to look for a CD in the D: drive, which is now a hard drive.

Good luck.

Randy

 

[Guest]

Right click on My Computer and select Manage. It will pop up a window at you. Click on Disk Management and then right-click on the dive you wish to change the letter in and select change drive letter.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks, I also needed to know that so I am glad I saw the response.

However I have a related problem. I use my PC-card slot to access a my
camera's compact flashcard (using a CF to PCcard adapter). Through My
Computer/Manage/disk Management where the PC Card is visible under Disk
Management as "Removable", "FAT", and "Healthy", I renamed it "Z:".

Even though by using a file management utility ("File Commander" similar to
the old Norton Commander of DOS days) I can access it as Z: drive, read its
contents, copy them, etc. this Z: drive never appears when I open "My
Computer". Why is that? Could it be because it is a removable drive? Is
there a way I can make it appear within My Computer so I can open the drive
from there like the other drives or create a shortcut to it on my desktop?

I'm using XP Home.

Thanks.

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[Alex Nichol]

I use my PC-card slot to access a my
camera's compact flashcard (using a CF to PCcard adapter). Through My
Computer/Manage/disk Management where the PC Card is visible under Disk
Management as "Removable", "FAT", and "Healthy", I renamed it "Z:".

Even though by using a file management utility ("File Commander" similar to
the old Norton Commander of DOS days) I can access it as Z: drive, read its
contents, copy them, etc. this Z: drive never appears when I open "My
Computer". Why is that? Could it be because it is a removable drive?

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Check in its My Computer - Drives page to ensure that the letter is
checked. Some machines get set up with the second half of the alphabet
concealed, especially if it is expected that these will be used to
letter network drives

 

[Jeff]

Thank you. The problem was that the drive letter was not enabled (checked).
Once I checked it in TweakUI all was well.

Thanks.

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Jeff McPherson
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