Glad I could help


"Ken_B" <kb3XXX@usa.com> wrote in message
news:Gsohf.9388$0h5.6005@dukeread10...
>I changed those drive letters to way down the list, rebooted then changed
>them back, and they now show up properly in Explore.
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> Thanks for all the advice.
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> "Ken_B" <kb3XXX@usa.com> wrote in message
> news:q3ohf.9387$0h5.8622@dukeread10...
>>I set out to do that, and the CD drives were already showing the correct
>>drive letters...yet they are still reversed in Explore.
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>> "LVTravel" <none@nothere.com> wrote in message
>> news:11o7mul4gbe1e2f@corp.supernews.com...
>>> To make your drive letters "match" what you want simply change the drive
>>> letters in Device manager. Windows XP really makes changing drive
>>> letters easy. The only drive you are not able to change with this method
>>> is the System drive (which for you is drive C The only real problem
>>> which could occur is if you had created a permanent swap file on the F:
>>> drive, if so simply delete it before changing letters.
>>>
>>> For this to be easy, place some type of CD in each CD drive and media
>>> into any type of media reader. This will make the drive letters show up
>>> in the proper window for these instructions. Without the media in the
>>> drive or device, they will not show up correctly.
>>>
>>> Right click on My Computer then left click on Manage. Left click on
>>> Disk Management and you will see all your drive information appear in
>>> the right window.
>>>
>>> To make your Primary Slave the D: drive you need to make "room" for it.
>>> To do this, change the current drive letter to an unused letter. To do
>>> this, right click on the Drive D under Volume and then left click on
>>> "Change drive letter and paths". A window will open. Click on Change
>>> and another window will open. To the right of where it says "Assign the
>>> following drive letter", will be a drop down selection box. Left click
>>> on it. Take one of the letters but make sure you don't use any mapped
>>> drive letters that were set up to access a different computers files on
>>> a network. (I use Drive R for a CD or DVD read only device and W for a
>>> CD or DVD writing device but your choice.) Then click OK.
>>>
>>> You will see the drive letter change. Now you can do the same for Drive
>>> F: and change it to drive D:. You can rearrange drive letters to you
>>> heart's content.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ken_B" <kb3XXX@usa.com> wrote in message
>>> news:lOPgf.7078$0h5.3778@dukeread10...
>>>> In Explore, my XP installation has been showing the primary master hard
>>>> drive as C: and the slave as F:, the secondary master (DVD-RAM) as D:
>>>> and the secondary slave (DVD-RW) as E:
>>>>
>>>> Firstly, I don't understand why is shows the primary slave as F:
>>>> instead of D: as all other OS's I've used.
>>>>
>>>> Today I decided I wanted to reverse the other two drives, which I did,
>>>> making the DVD-RW secondary master and the DVD-RAM slave. (I did
>>>> remember to correct the jumper settings, by the way.)
>>>>
>>>> But in Explore, the two drives I swapped are still showing the same
>>>> drive letters they had before I changed them: secondary master as E:
>>>> and slave as D: - this seems wierd. What's going on here?
>>>>
>>>> Note: I noticed Nero Burning ROM has them in the right order - DVD-RW
>>>> as secondary 0 drive and DVD-RAM as secondary 1 drive. Same on the
>>>> bootup screen.
>>>>
>>>> I know how to re-assign drive letters in XP - should I just do that, or
>>>> is there some reason they are listed as they are in Explore?
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions muchly appreciated, and Happy Thanksgiving.
>>>>
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