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David
Does anyone know how I can change the letter of a drive?
for example if I wanted to change C:\ to E:\
for example if I wanted to change C:\ to E:\
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Jason Haynes
Right click on my computer and select manage. On disk management, in the
right pane, right click the drive you want to change and select change drive
letters and paths.
right pane, right click the drive you want to change and select change drive
letters and paths.
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GSV Three Minds in a Can
from the wonderful said:
But you can't use this method to change the drive letter of the
system/boot drive(s). There is a registry edit that will do it, but this
is very dangerous other than as a way of 'putting back' the boot drive
letter if it accidentally gets shifted from what it was when XP was
installed.
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Hi David,
You can change the drive letter of any drive EXCEPT the one which houses the
system files. That one cannot be changed. To change others, start/run
diskmgmt.msc and use this tool to change the drive letters.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
You can change the drive letter of any drive EXCEPT the one which houses the
system files. That one cannot be changed. To change others, start/run
diskmgmt.msc and use this tool to change the drive letters.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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Doug Knox MS-MVP
However, since C: is your boot and/or System drive, you can't change that
drive letter.
drive letter.
K
Kenny
Related question. I have 10 partitions on 2 physical drives, 6 on 1 and 4
on the other. Have lost track of which partition's on which drive. How can
I tell? I would like to rename them in a more logical way so that main
drive is A-F and second drive G-J with DVD & CDRW becoming K & L, currently
they're D & J. I have Partition Magic 8, can it be done more easily using
that rather than from Windows?
on the other. Have lost track of which partition's on which drive. How can
I tell? I would like to rename them in a more logical way so that main
drive is A-F and second drive G-J with DVD & CDRW becoming K & L, currently
they're D & J. I have Partition Magic 8, can it be done more easily using
that rather than from Windows?
K
Ken Blake
In
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on Device Manager. Right-click a drive, choose Properties, then look on the Volumes tab (you may have to click Populate first).
You can't. A and B are reserved for diskette drives and can't be used in this way.
Why? What difference does it make? What you call "a more logical way" isn't really any better.
No.
Kenny said:
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on Device Manager. Right-click a drive, choose Properties, then look on the Volumes tab (you may have to click Populate first).
You can't. A and B are reserved for diskette drives and can't be used in this way.
Why? What difference does it make? What you call "a more logical way" isn't really any better.
No.
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Also keep in mind that if a program is installed to one particular
partition, you should not reletter that partition. Doing so will cause
problems with running the software - all the pointers in the system registry
and the system folder will be looking in the wrong place for it.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
In
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on Device Manager.
Right-click a drive, choose Properties, then look on the Volumes tab (you
may have to click Populate first).
You can't. A and B are reserved for diskette drives and can't be used in
this way.
Why? What difference does it make? What you call "a more logical way" isn't
really any better.
No.
partition, you should not reletter that partition. Doing so will cause
problems with running the software - all the pointers in the system registry
and the system folder will be looking in the wrong place for it.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
In
Kenny said:
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on Device Manager.
Right-click a drive, choose Properties, then look on the Volumes tab (you
may have to click Populate first).
You can't. A and B are reserved for diskette drives and can't be used in
this way.
Why? What difference does it make? What you call "a more logical way" isn't
really any better.
No.
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Doug Knox MS-MVP
Right click on My Computer and select Manage, Disk Management. This is
where you can change drive letters. You will not be able to change the
drive letter of the boot and/or system drive, but you can change other drive
letters. Also, you will have to start with C:, as A and B are reserved for
floppy drives.
As Rick pointed out, if you have programs installed to a drive other than
your boot or system drive, they may have to be reinstalled if you change
that drive's letter.
where you can change drive letters. You will not be able to change the
drive letter of the boot and/or system drive, but you can change other drive
letters. Also, you will have to start with C:, as A and B are reserved for
floppy drives.
As Rick pointed out, if you have programs installed to a drive other than
your boot or system drive, they may have to be reinstalled if you change
that drive's letter.
R
Ronnie Vernon MVP
Kenny said:
Kenny
Go to Start/Run and type: diskmgmt.msc and press OK.
In the Disk Management console, you will see the individual drives displayed
with the partitions for each drive. Right click a partition and you can
change the Label for that drive.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
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Doug Knox MS-MVP
Then Disk Management is the place to go 