Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Change Drive letter
Name: Robert Gonzales Date: October 3, 2002 at 16:26:51 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
I am trying to change a drive letter on my windows 98 machine so I can map a drive G: to be able to access a program on my NT Server. How can I assign the local disk another drive letter so i can accomplish what I need to?
Name: Jag Mafer Date: October 3, 2002 at 16:51:11 Pacific
Reply:
Hmm, don't know how to do it for a hard drive, but if its a cd drive, go into control panel->system->device manager->your cd drive->properties->settings->start and end drive letters of new target letter
0
Response Number 2
Name: Jay Date: October 3, 2002 at 19:21:39 Pacific
Reply:
Windows 95/98 only allows you to change drive letters of drevices that are controlled by drivers. i.e. CD-Roms, SCSI, ZIP drives, etc.
For you main hard drive (C:) that is controlled by the motherboard BIOS, you can not change it's letter.
Summary: I have change my CD-ROM driver letter from D: to E: and now my applicatons that refernce to the D: stop working. Is there any utilities or any way to allow me to scan the hard disk; registry; and modi...
Summary: Ok, here's the scoop. My CD-ROM will let me change it's drive letters accordingly. That is, I can type in the text box and change the drive letter accordingly and I can get a drop down list of all av...
0 
