Hello Bill,

In Control Panel, or you may have it on the Start Menu, open Administrative
Tools \ Computer Management. Maximize the window for a better view. In the
tree on the left under "Storage", select "Disk Management". You will now see
the drives displayed in the right portion of the window. You may need to
scroll to view the optical drives. Right click the drive you want to change
and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths...". Follow the instructions from
that point.

Sven Swanson, Sr.

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From: "Bill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] HardDrive Designation Letters


From: William Patton
Date: January 10, 2005
Subject: Harddrive Designation Letters

I had two harddrives on the primary channel(Master/Slave) and two cd drives
on the secondary channel.  It use to be that the two harddrives would be C:
and D: followed by any logical drives and then the CD drives.  I had C-J
drives.  I installed a new HD in the same position as the old one -slave on
the Primary channel with 3 logical drives.  Now my D: drive is one of the
CDdrives and the new HD is later in the alphabet.  Previously, Under WinME,
I could designate the drive letter for Cd/DVD drives.  I like to have a
letter later in the alphabet to allow for adding logical drives on the
harddrive.  In Win XP I don't find this setting in properties for the CD
drives.  How can I correct this situation so that the 2 Primary HD's are
first followed by the Logical drives?  How can I push the CDDrives later
into the alphabet?  OS is Windows XP-Home, SP2.  Thank you, William Patton

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