Floppy Drive and CD Drive

[Guest]

I have recently bought a new computer. On unpacking it, I realised it does
not have a floppy drive. My main storage device is a Zip drive - anybody know
any way hat I can force the Zip drive to be known as drive A: On the same
lines, the CD drive is hardwired as drive Q: a number of programs that I use
(notably autoroute) look for cd's in drive D: and consequently cannnot see
the the run disc. Is there any way that I can alias the Q: drive to D: ???

 

[Guest]

Is this any help:

http://www.blueskyinnovations.com/zppa.html

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[Doug]

So where did you get this "new" computer and what brand is it?
Might be useful info for those users wanting to buy an unusual
computer with unusual configuration.

Just a thought.

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[Guest]

Actually, its my mother's. She bought it in a well known and well respected
store in the UK (Staples). It is an NEC machine and looks to be an NEC
i-Select D5210

 

[Doug]

I would suggest that you return the computer as it is a 'server'
machine and not intended for home use. It is not what you
want...I am sure of that.

I just looked it up by 'googling' NEC computers.

Doug
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[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I have recently bought a new computer. On unpacking it, I
realised it does not have a floppy drive. My main storage
device is a Zip drive - anybody know any way hat I can force
the Zip drive to be known as drive A: On the same lines, the
CD drive is hardwired as drive Q: a number of programs that
I use (notably autoroute) look for cd's in drive D: and
consequently cannnot see the the run disc. Is there any way
that I can alias the Q: drive to D: ???

Just out of curiosity, why do you need the Zip drive to be
drive letter A?

As for the CD drive, it sounds as if there may be some sort of
card reader that has grabbed all the drive letters between D
and O. You may be able to change the assigned letters in Disk
Management. Try the following:

Right click on My Computer and select Manage from the menu.
In Computer Management, click on Disk Management in the left
hand column.
In the right hand pane of Disk Management, find the drive
that's been assigned the letter D.
If its listed as "Removable", right click on the drive and
select "Change Drive Letters and Paths..." from the menu.
This should bring up a box titled "Change Drive and Paths for
D:".
Hit the change button.
Change the entry in the box next to "Assign the following drive
letter" to R.
Hit the OK button.
Now, right click on the CD drive.
You can use the same procedure and should find that D has
become available as a drive letter option.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Nepatsfan]

What exactly are you basing that on?

I found this spec sheet on NEC's web site:

http://www.nec-computers.com/LocalFiles/Products/Desktops/I-Select/D5210/D5210UK.pdf

Can't say as I've ever seen a "server" that had XP Home Edition
as an operating system option.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),

 

[Doug]

I apologize, I erred. I must have mis-moused the wrong number
and didn't notice what I did. Sorry about that, will try to be
more careful.

For some unexplicable reason my browser was only giving me a
narrow slit to view the page.
More problems.

Doug
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[Guest]

Thanks Nepatsfan,
That was just what I wanted. Turned out that drive A: was not important (was
getting wrong info from Mother). The CD was hard wired in as drive Q: (no
other drives assigned between C and Q) but my MSN Autorute could not find the
run disc on drive Q (guess its hard wired in the program to look for D have
now changed the drive to D: and it works fine, thanks again

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome. Glad to hear you got your program running OK.

FYI, not having any drives assigned the letters between D and O
but then having it assign Q to the CD drive is, to say the
least, "unusual". File this experience away because the
possibility exists that at some point in time you may find
yourself faced with a situation that another program, or
Windows itself, asks you to supply an installation CD and
expects it to be found on drive Q. Without a "Browse" button
allowing you to redirect to D, your quickest workaround may be
to reset the drive letter through Disk Management. I'm not sure
whether searching the registry for references to Q: and
changing the entries to D: is not without some risk.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),