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| 167414 | 2003-08-13 07:59:00 | In Windows XP Pro how do you change the letters of the CD rom and DVD writer say from d & e to h & I. Thanks | norrol (2154) | ||
| 167415 | 2003-08-13 08:04:00 | Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk management - right click on the drive Volume and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths" The above is for XP Home, so your mileage may differ slightly. You need Administrator rights to make any changes. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 167416 | 2003-08-13 08:05:00 | Ooops - thats only for HDD, you want CD drive. Ignore it. | godfather (25) | ||
| 167417 | 2003-08-13 08:11:00 | Dont ignore it, put a CD in the drive and it will show up, and allow the letter to be changed. You won't see it if there is no CD in the drive. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 167418 | 2003-08-13 12:00:00 | can also right click on My Computer and select Manage :) | southern_jas (4017) | ||
| 167419 | 2003-08-13 12:19:00 | you do know that changing the drive letter assignment may mean reloading some programs especially if they need the cd rom to run | beama (111) | ||
| 167420 | 2003-08-13 14:53:00 | > you do know that changing the drive letter assignment may mean reloading some programs especially if they need the cd rom to run Which programs/?? I'm sure windows would just redirect it to the new letter. ? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 167421 | 2003-08-14 13:11:00 | doesnt windows just re-associate all the files and so on back to the drive with the new letter? | vk_dre (195) | ||
| 167422 | 2003-08-14 20:43:00 | Not sure what programs but this has happened to me in the past ie installed a slave disk and it has changed drive letters of the cdrom forcing me to renistall Some cd rom reliant programs these program ran from cdrom, ini, dat files etc for these were stored on the c:\foldername\*.* and referred to the original cdrom drive assignment. Just a possibility This is not meant to confuse the person who asked the question, sorry if it has. |
beama (111) | ||
| 167423 | 2003-08-14 21:03:00 | The program location and drive is often located (registered) in the registry so do a registry search for the program name or manufacturer and see if the right hand side list shows the old drives. Robin |
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