Need help changing floppy driver letter from B to A in XP

[Greg Brown]

Folks,


I need assistance changing the floppy drive letter assignments in
Windows XP from B to A. I have a USP connected drive that comes up as
drive B. The software I am using will only access a configuration disk
in drive A. I read somewhere once that there is a registry change, but
can not locate it again.
Any help will be appreciated.

Greg

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Go into your BIOS and activate the Swap Floppy option or physically swap the
drive connectors.

<quote>
Swap Floppy Drives
A useful feature for those machines that use two floppy drives, when enabled
this swaps the A: and B: drives. This enables you to change the bootable
floppy without having to open the case and switch the cable.
<quote>
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/advSwap-c.html

<quote>
* Controller Connector: The single connector on one end of the cable is
meant to connect to the floppy disk controller, either on a controller card
or the motherboard.
* Drive A Connectors: The pair of connectors (or single connector in the
case of a three-connector cable) at the opposite end of the cable is
intended for the A: floppy drive. This is explained in more detail below.
* Drive B Connectors: The pair of connectors (or single connector in the
case of a three-connector cable) in the middle of the cable is intended for
the B: floppy drive.
<quote>
See more...
Floppy Drive Connector
http://www.nullmodem.com/Floppy.htm

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices

see..
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1075087286

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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