I always put CD-ROM's in the systems I build on "H". If I were to build a
system with SCSI hard drives, I'd probably put the CD-ROM letter higher.
 However, since I build IDE systems, and I know my clients very well, I figured
that H was high enough. All the drives I'm responsible for putting in are
formatted using FAT32, and one big partition.  None of the clients I have are
at all likely to have more than two (three would be a stretch) hard drives and
a removable (which I do let stay below the CD-ROM).

And, of course, I supply a Win95 boot disk with CD-ROM drivers installed on it,
and set to tell the CD-ROM drive it is "H".

Why do you put your removables above the CD-ROM?

Roxanne Pierce
R2 Systems, San Diego
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On Saturday, March 21, 1998 20:44, Rick Glazier [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
wrote:
> I have a question for the builders of every system I have "ever seen".
> Does  "anybody"  assign the "CD-ROM" to a higher drive letter,
> FROM DAY ONE, in DOS and Windoze?
> I always, on a complete re-install, use "L" for the CD-ROM.
> In FAT16, that leaves lots of room to "play" with the lower letters.
> I ALWAYS put removable drives above the "CD-ROM" (except floppies).