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Thread ID: 28248 2002-12-14 11:08:00 Changing drive letters assigned to CD-ROMS? akkk (2364) Press F1
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105943 2002-12-14 11:08:00 Hi
I currently have a virtual CD-ROM assigned to H:, a CD-ROM assigned to I: and my
CD-Burner assigned to J:

How can I change the order that these are assigned? (Have already tried in Device
Manager but the assigned letters a greyed out and cant be changed).

Any suggestions appreciated.

(Using WinMe)

Thanks
akkk (2364)
105944 2002-12-14 11:44:00 I assume you are using XP. In this case you want to go to the "Administrative Tools" which are in the "Control Panel". Click on "Disk Management" and you should be able to change the drive letters there.

Just be careful as diskmanagement can do some nasty things if you tell it to.
-=JM=- (16)
105945 2002-12-14 12:09:00 Try getting rid of your virtual CD drives. Then go back to Device Manager, go to the CDROM part, open the properties of your CD drives, go to the Settings tab, and see if the Reserved Drive Letters sections are still blanked out. agent (30)
105946 2002-12-14 18:50:00 The virtual CD drive was created when I installed CDRWIN. The reserved letters are
not greyed out (I can change these). Its the box with the current letter assigned that
I cant change.
akkk (2364)
105947 2002-12-14 18:51:00 Running Windows Millenium. akkk (2364)
105948 2002-12-14 20:10:00 Hey

It's the reserved drive letters you want to change :D

To have your CD-Rom assigned to D: tell the reserved drive letters to start at and finish at D:
Same goes with your other drives that you want changed.. (just ensure that the drive letters are different :P)

Reserved drive letters work on if your CD is reserved D: to F: and a new device comes in (another harddrive maybe) then the harddrive takes D: and the CD takes E: however by telling it that it can only start and finish at D: the new device will take the next free letter

A reboot is required and then your problem should be fixed


CyberChuck
cyberchuck (173)
105949 2002-12-15 01:40:00 Thanks

Had to do to them all. Drive letters assigned in correct order now.
akkk (2364)
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