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Today I replaced my second HD (primary slave) with a new HD. The old HD was a signle extended Dos partition labeled drive E: When I installled the new HD I partitioned it using fdisk off a win 98 boot disk. I made 1 extended DOS partition with 2 logical DOS drives E: and F:. I formatted both of these drives FAT32, again using the win98 boot disk and they were labeled drives E: and F:. Howver, XP is reconizing my F: drive not as a HD but as my ZIP drive which it was F: before the new install. Then it is calling the partition which I want as F: as H:. I want my swap the Zip drive letter and the final prtitiion drive letters. Can anyone help me out

Thanks
BoB

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bob,

See if my response in the windowsxp.general group helps, and please post
your question to only one group to avoid duplication of work.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[roger]

Hi Bob,

Today I replaced my second HD (primary slave) with a new HD. The old HD was a signle extended Dos partition labeled drive E: When I installled the new HD I partitioned it using fdisk off a win 98 boot disk. I made 1 extended DOS partition with 2 logical DOS drives E: and F:. I formatted both of these drives FAT32, again using the win98 boot disk and they were labeled drives E: and F:. Howver, XP is reconizing my F: drive not as a HD but as my ZIP drive which it was F: before the new install. Then it is calling the partition which I want as F: as H:. I want my swap the Zip drive letter and the final prtitiion drive letters. Can anyone help me out.

Check this info:
My drive letters changed after I added, removed or partitioned a drive
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/troubleshooting/solutions/89.asp

Good luck