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What a great idea, Will, thanks. I just set it to R (it was E). I'll
yell for help again if it doesn't work and you don't mind.
George
Will Stephenson wrote:
> Hello!
> Aren't zip drives the cat's meow? In the hierarchy of drive letter
> assignments, zip drives rate above CD-ROM drives. This means that the
> zip took over your CD-ROM's drive letter (E). I think(!) that the
> CD-ROM drive would get the next drive letter, F. If drivers for it are
> loaded through config.sys and autoexec.bat, you've got to change the
> switch (I believe it's /L:) that tells the computer what drive letter
> your CD-ROM is assigned (change /L:E to /L:F).
>
> In Windows Device manager, properties of the CD-ROM, I always set the
> drive letter assignment to way above the "next" drive (like "R") so as
> to never have a problem like this.
>
> HTH
>
> Will Stephenson
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> I just finished installing a Zip drive which was given F: drive. Only
> problem is that my cd-rom which was on E: has vanished along with E:\.
> I'd appreciate any help I can get.
>
> George
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