Use drive label "B" for hard drive?

[Guest]

I understand that with XP, drive labels "A" and "B" are reserved for removable drives. I'm wondering if there's any way to override that setting (with a registry tweak, perhaps) so that I can use "B" for a hard drive. It's nothing essential- it would just be nice to use "B" for my "back-up" drive

Cheers
-D

 

[Austin M. Horst]

You are correct... Drive labels "A" and "B" are reserved
for removable drives. Not to be used for a fixed drive.


Austin M. Horst

 

[Guest]

|I understand that with XP, drive labels "A" and "B" are reserved for removable
| drives. I'm wondering if there's any way to override that setting (with a
| registry tweak, perhaps) so that I can use "B" for a hard drive. It's
| nothing essential- it would just be nice to use "B" for my "back-up" drive.
|
|Cheers,
|-D

You could do the following:

SUBST B: D:\

(the drive will respond to both letters)

-replace the D: with your HD's current letter, or even the D:\ with a
subdirectory name (see SUBST /? for help)

 

[Illinois Fritz]

Just a thought... what's going to happen to A: and B: in the future? There
are some systems coming without floppy drives now... in the future will we
be able to use those drive letters for other drives???

Fritz216

You are correct... Drive labels "A" and "B" are reserved
for removable drives. Not to be used for a fixed drive.


Austin M. Horst

Just a thought... what's going to happen to A: and B: in the future? There
are some systems coming without floppy drives now... in the future will we
be able to use those drive letters for other drives???

Fritz216