Random drive letters

[Sunny]

Hi

I have 2 CD and 2 HD wired as follows:
1 primary master : 40GB HD normally C:
2 primary slave : CD Burner normally E:
3 sec master : 20 GB HD normally D:
4 sec slave : CD reader normally F:

I just reinstalled XP pro on a clean HD. (C
Now the drives appear to be 1->C: 2->D: 3->F: 4->E:

Why and how can I restore the drives letters as they were ?

It's the second clean instal I do in a row. The first one was even worse !
The boot drive was F: !!!!
I've been told to unplug my drive 3 (20GB) and do the install, it was a bit
better but these's still a mess.

Thanks

 

[Bob I]

Open Disk management, change "D" to "G", then change the others, then
change "G", leave "C" alone. More assistance see Help and Support, Disk
Management.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Run diskmgmt.msc, right-click each drive and set
the desired drive letters.

 

[Lucky]

Hi all
I am haing the same problem.
Please let me know how to open the Disk Management. I have no clue :-(

Thnaks & Regards
Lucky

 

[Sunny]

Thanks Pegasus

Why XP is messing the letters like that ? I could have understood if it
assigned the letters according to the physical connections but scrambled
like it did !!!

Thanks again

 

[Bob I]

Start, Help and Support, Look up Disk Management

 

[Lucky]

Problem is diskmanagement shows letters for the harddisk but not for CD
drive. I am unable to change drive letter for CD ROM

Thanks

 

[Lucky]

Hi Pegasus,
I ran the diskmgmt.msc and changed the CD drive letters. I restarted
the system and now it can't open the CD. I again checked the Computer
management and here I can't see any folder below removable storage.
When I double click on my CD it says insert new disk, when I insert any
disk it's unable to open that and end with "Not Responding".

I can't understand this? DO you have nay idea?
Thanks & Regards
Lucky

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi Pegasus,
I ran the diskmgmt.msc and changed the CD drive letters. I restarted
the system and now it can't open the CD. I again checked the Computer
management and here I can't see any folder below removable storage.
When I double click on my CD it says insert new disk, when I insert any
disk it's unable to open that and end with "Not Responding".

I can't understand this? DO you have nay idea?
Thanks & Regards
Lucky

Either your CD drive is marginal or defective, or the CD
you use is marginal or defective.

 

[Steve N.]

Hi

I have 2 CD and 2 HD wired as follows:
1 primary master : 40GB HD normally C:
2 primary slave : CD Burner normally E:
3 sec master : 20 GB HD normally D:
4 sec slave : CD reader normally F:

I just reinstalled XP pro on a clean HD. (C
Now the drives appear to be 1->C: 2->D: 3->F: 4->E:

Why and how can I restore the drives letters as they were ?

It's the second clean instal I do in a row. The first one was even worse !
The boot drive was F: !!!!
I've been told to unplug my drive 3 (20GB) and do the install, it was a bit
better but these's still a mess.

Thanks

In this situation it is better to disconnect the second HDD and CDROM
drives before doing the OS install, this will ensure that the boot HDD
will be C:. After the install is complete add the other drives and asign
the letters in Disk Managment as the other replies indicate as you want
them to appear.

Steve N.