Sounds like you have a Last Drive setting.  Look in your autoexec.bat and
config.sys for a Last Drive= line.  Bump this to a higher letter and you
should do fine.

Donald Gaither

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of AbuElgassim Mohammed
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 02:23 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Problem with HDD
>
>
> Dear all;
>
> I bought a new 6,4 GB Western Digital HDD.
>
> I couldn't use the complete of HDD space. Dos said that I have only 2.142
> GB.
>
> Some body told me to make the HDD in 3 parts. When I did this, windows
> displayed the HDD as three parts. And each part contains 2.142 GB. But
> CD-ROM drive disappeared!
>
> When I restart windows in Dos mode, there was a message says “ Not enough
> drive letters available “
>
> After that I repartitioned the HDD to two parts only. And then the CD-ROM
> icon came back! But I still have 4 GB only.
>
> I installed the CD driver more than 3 times but nothing happened.
>
> Can anybody help me?
>
> Thank you all
>
> Salah Gassim

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