Re: Change Hard Drive & Optical Drive Letters

Ron, Opening this menu just now, I found Volume List to be already checked.
Bottom has a check mark against Graphical view.


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

In Disk Mgmt, View, Top, check Volume List
Was Disk List checked before?
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Ron Sommer

"Edna" <Edna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Since changing my HD Letters which are now as I wanted them, and show
accurately in My Computer and WExplorer, I have what may be a problem in
Computer Mgmt, Disk Mgmt.
My 3 HDs in the upper and lwr portions of this Window, used to read:
Hard Drive 1 (C:) Drive Letter wasn't Changed.
Hard Drive 2 (F:) Drive Letter Changed to (D:)
Hard Drive 3 (G:) Drive Letter Changed to (E:)
now read in this Window only, not in My Computer or WExplorer
Hard Drive 1
Hard Drive 2
Hard Drive 3
I rt click, say Hard Drive 3,
click Change Drive Letter or Paths,
click Add,
"Assign the following drive letter" is enabled
but ... the drop down Menu starts with an "H".

I have also, still in Disk Mgmt: rt click say Hard Drive 3, Properties,
enter: (E:) in front of the words Hard Drive 3.
Result in Disk Mgmt look fine but ...
not in My Computer and WExplorer: (E:) (E:) Hard Drive 3.

I tried putting the (E:) AFTER Hard Drive 3
(The letter in Disk Mgmt was, prior to changes, shown After Hard Drive)
Result in My Computer and WExplorer : (E:) Hard Drive 3 (E:).

Should I be concerned that the Letter isn't showing in Disk Mgmt AND that
the Add Menu has lost all the letters from A to G.
H is unused but I to M is used by Removable Disks. I dislike that long
string of letters showing in WExplorer but ... if necessary I'll live with
them.

Also I'll mention this now as I think it's related ... Each one of my
folders in WExpl. has lost the Sharing & Security Window I USED to have
being:
Share this folder / Do Not Share.
I have - well it's different. I no longer have those boxes to
enable/disable.
I'm so sorry for this long post but I wanted it to be clearly defined as
to
what I was seeing. Too bad we can't send Pix.





"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Edna wrote:

I hadn't read this before doing my changes! I'm so lucky I didn't
have to change the letter on my C Drive. Still this made me feel
weak, knowing how close I was to having to do a format. Maybe
instructions on changing Drive letters, especially the C Drive,
should be preceded by this warning. Thx for posting this.


You're welcome, Edna. Glad to help.

Assuming that your C drive is the one with WIndows installed on it,
that's
the one drive letter you wouldn't have been able to change anyway.
Windows
protects you against doing this.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Edna wrote:
I'd like to change my Hard Drive Letters to:
(C) Hard Drive
(D) Hard Drive
(E) Hard Drive
(F) DVD-RW
(G) DVD-RW

Presently my HDs bear letters and numbers ie
Hard Drive 1 (C:)
Hard Drive 2 (F:)
Hard Drive 3 (G:)
DVD-RW Drive (D:)
DVD-RW Drive (E:)

I find the present order quite annoying. Pls, where in the registry
can I make the changes? Does the lettes Have to be shown as (C:) or
can the colon be omitted?
I'd welcome any suggestions. Thx


Others have told you how to do it. I want to add a caution. If you
have software installed on a drive whose letter you change, that
software will stop working if you change the drive's drive
letter.Almost all programs but a few very small ones, have
references to where they are located throughout Windows, and if you
change the drive letter they are imstalled on, those references will
all be wrong.

There is software available which purports to find all the
references and change them for you (such as COA2.exe), but in my
experience these do not do a perfect job.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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