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Thread ID: 9909 2001-06-22 23:01:00 WinME won't recognise CD-ROM drive when Zip drive attached. Guest (0) Press F1
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14496 2001-06-22 23:01:00 When I connect my Zip drive (parallel port) Windows Explorer won't recognise my CD ROM drive as E:. I can change drive letters in the hardware profiles so that the CD drive is recognised (as D:), but then the Zip drive isn't listed. It seems that Windows Explorer is only listing up to drive D:. I have checked config.sys for LastDrive=z; that's OK.
Under DOS all drives are present - for example, Zip is drive D: and CD is drive E:.

I have tried altering MSCDEX to set the CD drive as G: but to no avail. Once I have used drive D:, that's it.

How can I get Explorer to list all my attached drives?

What's going on here? Is my computer intellectually handicapped?
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14497 2001-06-23 04:39:00 I doubt you have in IHC computer, just a conflict with WinME!

I recently purchased a new computer from The PC Company, and as a Zip user wanted an internal ZIP drive. The company would not provide one as they said that at present ME does not support ZIP drives other than USB versions.

Have a look at ZIPs website (presumably www.iomega.com)to see if they have put out a revised driver yet.

HTH

Graham Bockett
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14498 2001-06-23 04:57:00 Iomega Zip have a habit of pinching the CD ROM drive letter when installed. Have a look at www.iomega.com/support/documents/10123.html
This covers WIN 98/95, assume there is a similar doc for WIN ME
If you are on network putting last drive as z means you cannot access any network drive.See Zip Help Manual, my ancient manual is section 4.1.3, pages 36 onwards.Frank
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