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is there anyway to change drive letters of stuff? like removeable flash drives and external usb hard drives. i have a verbatim 7 in 1 card reader and it has 4 drives, and now in windows explorer i have A: Floppy, C: Local Disk, d: DVD-rw, E: CD-RW, F: USB HDD, G: Removable Disk, H:Removable Disk, I:Removable Disk, J: DVD-Rom, K: Removable Disk. i wanna fix this, its looks bad, specially since i have an mp3 player that also plugs in and makes a Removable Disk. can i change these in windows xp manually?
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
Changing Drive Letters in Windows XP?
When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive. When you want to change drive letters, follow these steps:
Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
Under Computer Management, click Disk Management. In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.
Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you want to assign, and then click OK.
You will not be able to change the boot or system drive letter in this manner. Many MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific drive letter (for example, environment variables). If you modify the drive letter, these programs may not function correctly.Please search the forums :)
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Let me share with you a story. The other day my client bought a brand new HP Pavilion. Originally the drive letters were:
c: System (195GB)
D; Recovery (5GB)
e: DVD+/-RW DL
f: DVD-ROM
g: thru j: (4 in 1 card reader)She then used PM to resize drive C to create 3 new partitions. Now her drives are mapped by Windows disk management as follow
c: System
d: Recovery
e: DVD+/-RW
f:DVDROM
g: Partition 2
H: thru k: (4 in 1)
L: Partition 3
M: Partition 4I could have changed the order but she thought it was best to let Windows handle it to ensure a long term system stability. She told me she can always adapt herself to the PC. Why cannot you?
i_XpUser
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It is interesting to see how attached folks get to a drive letter when they should not care one way or another.
When dealing with drive letters its very easy to put things like cdrom on R: and cdrw on W:. This allows in order enumeration of additional partitions and appliances.
Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search
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first off let me say that its my computer and i can organize it anyway i want. secondly, i like my computer organized, so it only makes sense to have everything grouped properly. i like, floppy, then hdd, then cd, then flash drives and external hdd. i do not like to partition my hard drive, because that causes unstability. i did it on my 20 gb, my 40gb and even on this 80 once or twice, and i noticed extremem slowness and the computer didnt seem to run right either. i would rather have an external drive as well so then i can back up stuff and transfer it from my laptop and my desktop easily. if you guys dont understand or just dont care, then w/e but its my computer and ill do it the way i want. please dont be critical of how i work with my computer. my dad and i are both a bit of clean freaks i guess u could say, stuff just has to be neat and clean. i dont want to sound rude, but its just the way i am when it comes to the way a computer run. i do a clean install of windows every 6 months on my desktop. just to keep things fresh and running right. thanks for the replies i got it sorted the way i like. also, it makes it easier for me to work on.
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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Of course it's your PC and you're entitled to do whatever your heart desire with it.
But when it comes down to changing drive letters, you need to first read this to better understand how Windows assigns, reserves, and stores drive letters, and also this to appreciate the fact that XP still follow the very same principles practiced by its predecessor and ancestors.
Once you have fully understood the fundamentals, you can then go ahead and try the manipulations described herein THIS article.
Good luck and best wishes.
i_XpUser
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im no idiot when it comes to computers. changin the removeable disks wont have any effect on how the system performs. anyway, iv changed the drive letters, everything works, and guess what, no system failures.
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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I never said you were an idiot, did I?
iv changed the drive letters, everything works, and guess what, no system failures
Then why thread?
i_XpUser
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"im no idiot when it comes to computers."
Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I've read that here ; )
Never really sounds convincing
If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers
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Hah, haha, w/e. I'm tired of people on forums. (not all people, just pricks) Why is it, that when someone asks a question that no one else really understands why that person askin cares, everyone (or at least someone) gets bent out of shape about it? For instance:
"She told me she can always adapt herself to the PC. Why cannot you?"
It's my god damn computer, I want it the way I want it. I shouldn't have to live with what Windows says it should be. I'm not tryin to be a prick about this, but the only person here that gave me a good answer was COAD, and I forgot to thank him. so im sorry i forgot to thank you, but Thank you COAD. But seriously people, I'm only 15 and I realize that maybe I may not seem intelligent to you guys. But thats no reason to declare me an idiot. Everyone learns from others. I know my stuff when it comes to computers, just ask my parents. My dad taught me everything I know, then I went further with it and now hes learning from me. It's a give and take situation. so I'm sorry if I sounded like an @$$hole. I'm registered at a lot of forums, and I hate it when I see a newbie asking a question that I'm interested in and he gets nothin but flames for responses. It deters people from coming back to forums, I know it does for a matter of fact because it's happened to me many times. Now listen people, all I asked was a simple question, I'd like to have my drives in order so its easier to work with, I got an answer, and I'm thankful for it, but the other stuff was un-needed. Let's put it behind us and start of fresh. Thank you for the reply COAD, I'm greatful for the help.
Regards, Spiritwalker
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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Most of you youngsters seem to be pretty poorly socialized - as evidenced from your last message.
Here's how it goes: claims of expertise are nearly always unwarranted, and (at best) impossible to prove or disprove - fortunately, it's usually quite clear from the type of questions asked and the manner in which those are expressed.
Crying the blues and trying to prove otherwise really doesn't work, and often lowers one's initial impression even further (whenever possible)
Many of us here have been working with computers longer than you've been on planet earth - funny thing is, we don't need to proclaim it
If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers
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ok , what ever , im an idiot then. i just get tired of people at forums assuming the person askin the question is just an idiot. in all reality, that person may know more that you. that one person just may have never had any experience with that one thing. you know what though? i got my problem fixed, and its workin perfectly, i just wanted to say that because everyone here except COAD seems to be deadset against what windows does, and id agree if i was changin like the C: drive, but thats it. changing a removeable disk? come on people, it doesnt take a brain surgeon to realize that its just a removeable disk and theyre mostly used for pictures and music transfer. seriously, think about it. it makes sense. some im gonna put this ^ crap behind me and listen to music.
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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screenshots
look at those and tell me if you think my computer is operated by a dumby.Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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If you were as retentive as you let on your K: local drive would be D:
no need to respond bud. just an observation.
Golly gee wilerkers everyone! Learn to Internet Search
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thats an external hard drive...
Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.
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