Drive letters

[labatyd]

Where did assigning drive letters go in XP? I had it once but now can't find
it. I want to label the CD/RW to 'W'rite and the CDR to 'R'ead. Easier to
keep track that way.

Thanks.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Right click My Computer and select Manage. Under "Storage" select "Disk
Management". In the right window right click your drive and select the
option to "Change drive letters and paths". Click the Change button.

You should be advised that doing so will affect the "Installation path" that
programs you have previously installed might search for. For example System
File Checker or SFC will punish you for this. However there is a registry
hack that will fix this or you can use Tweakui for XP.
(Registry hack)
Run regedit.
Navigate to the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mi­crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion­\Setup


Look for an entry in the right hand pane for SourcePath. Under normal
circumstances the value under the Data column will
be the letter of the drive that was used to perform the Windows
installation. In your case that would be either D: or E:. Once
you've changed the drive letters, this is no longer a valid source. You can
correct this by right clicking on SourcePath and choosing Modify. Enter the
letter that you assigned to one of your drives.

 

[labatyd]

Thanks for the response and the tip about paths. They sure did a god job of
hiding it.

Windows does warn about operation of programs but I don't think relabeling a
CDrom should
affect anything in my case.

Right click My Computer and select Manage. Under "Storage" select "Disk
Management". In the right window right click your drive and select the
option to "Change drive letters and paths". Click the Change button.

You should be advised that doing so will affect the "Installation path" that
programs you have previously installed might search for. For example System
File Checker or SFC will punish you for this. However there is a registry
hack that will fix this or you can use Tweakui for XP.
(Registry hack)
Run regedit.
Navigate to the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mi­crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion­\Setup


Look for an entry in the right hand pane for SourcePath. Under normal
circumstances the value under the Data column will
be the letter of the drive that was used to perform the Windows
installation. In your case that would be either D: or E:. Once
you've changed the drive letters, this is no longer a valid source. You can
correct this by right clicking on SourcePath and choosing Modify. Enter the
letter that you assigned to one of your drives.



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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Where did assigning drive letters go in XP? I had it once but now can't find
it. I want to label the CD/RW to 'W'rite and the CDR to 'R'ead. Easier to
keep track that way.

Thanks.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

If we compare Windows 9x/Me to Windows 2000/XP

Win9x/Me: right click My Computer -> Properties->Device Manager Tab->expand
CD-Rom->select device->Properties button->Settings Tab.

Win2000/XP: right click My Computer ->Manage->Storage->Disk
Management->right click selected device->Change Letter and Path->Edit
button.

By the way on XP if you go to Start->Help & Support and do a search for
"change drive letter" you'd be surprised what you find. The warning about
programs having problems is quite obvious especially if you install a
program so much of it will run off a CD - like some games or a program like
Encarta. An as I mentioned System File Checker will be a royal PITA when you
run SFC /SCANNOW to correct corrupted system files.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thanks for the response and the tip about paths. They sure did a god job of
hiding it.

Windows does warn about operation of programs but I don't think relabeling a
CDrom should
affect anything in my case.

Right click My Computer and select Manage. Under "Storage" select "Disk
Management". In the right window right click your drive and select the
option to "Change drive letters and paths". Click the Change button.

You should be advised that doing so will affect the "Installation path" that
programs you have previously installed might search for. For example System
File Checker or SFC will punish you for this. However there is a registry
hack that will fix this or you can use Tweakui for XP.
(Registry hack)
Run regedit.
Navigate to the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mi­crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion­\Setup


Look for an entry in the right hand pane for SourcePath. Under normal
circumstances the value under the Data column will
be the letter of the drive that was used to perform the Windows
installation. In your case that would be either D: or E:. Once
you've changed the drive letters, this is no longer a valid source. You can
correct this by right clicking on SourcePath and choosing Modify. Enter the
letter that you assigned to one of your drives.



--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Where did assigning drive letters go in XP? I had it once but now

can't
find

it. I want to label the CD/RW to 'W'rite and the CDR to 'R'ead. Easier to
keep track that way.

Thanks.