Re: Reordering drive letters in XP
From: I Dubya (ian_at_56nomad.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 06/20/04
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:20:42 +0100
Seems longwinded. What about the registry hack I alluded to?
I Dubya
"Andy" <1@2.3> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:32:49 +0100, "I Dubya"
> <ian@56nomad.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I've just added an other partition to my 2 hard-drive, dual boot (me/xp)
> >system using Partition Magic Pro 5 under WinME. I originally had:
> >
> >HD 0
> >3 Primary partitions: WinME, WinXP and one empty ready for Linux (Drive C
> >when active)
> >1 Extended Partition containing a single logical partition for data.
(Drive
> >D)
> >
> >HD 1
> >1 Extended partition containing 3 logical partitions for data (Drives E,
F &
> >G)
> >
> >CD Drive H
> >
> >DVD Drive I
> >
> >I added the new partition to the Extended partition on HD 0. Partition
> >Magic and WinME show the new partition as Drive E, having moved all the
> >remaining partitions up by one drive letter as intended/expected.
However,
> >under XP, My Computer and Window Explorer show the new partition as Drive
J.
> >I wanted it to be drive D. I thought Disk Management in XP would be able
to
> >reorder the drives but I'm not so sure now. Will it reorder all the
drives
> >if I tell it to change the new partition drive J to drive D? Probably
not.
> >I've also seen a couple of posts that have alluded to a Registry hack of
> >deleting all or some(?) (they were not too clear) of the values listed in
> >HKLM\System\MountedDevices and rebooting to force XP to rediscover the
> >drives. This, on the face of it, appears very simple and easy as I'm not
> >averse to doctoring the Registry. But is it correct? So what do I have to
> >do to get XP to recognise the new partition as Drive D?
> >
>
> Make Drive J Drive K, Drive I Drive J, Drive H Drive I, etc. in that
> order. Since you already have a Drive D, make Drive K Drive E.
> Otherwise make Drive D Drive E, then Drive K Drive D.
>
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