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CD-ROM/DVD Drive Letter Assignment
Name: Simon-Reynolds Date: April 4, 2005 at 05:25:42 Pacific OS: WINDOWS 2003 CPU/Ram: INTEL
Comment:
I have just completed my first installation of Windows 2003 server (to connect to a W2K network)
Our standard practice for servers is to change the drive letter assignment on CD-ROM/DVD drives to Drive Z: so that all fixed disk drives can be assigned C:,D:,E: and so
I went into Disk Management under Computer Management to change the assignment but no CD-ROM drive shows up. You see the drive as Drive D: under My Computer and you can read CD/DVD from it
How do you assign Z: to a CD-ROM under 2003 Server ?
(Server used : DELL PowerEdge 800 with DVD Reader)
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: April 4, 2005 at 07:24:53 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
No idea why it doesn't show in disk management.
Try putting a CD in the drive.
M2
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 2
Name: briantech Date: April 4, 2005 at 08:39:17 Pacific
Reply:
Here is what would do,, you don't need to use drive letters for each fix disk,, you can assign mount points instead of using drive letters,, like Linux does.
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