RE: renaming drives
From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/02/04
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:37:05 -0700
Help and Support: Change Drive Letter:-
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?
Computer Management (Local)
Storage
Disk Management
Right-click a partition, logical drive, or volume, and then click Change
Drive Letter and Paths.
Do one of the following:
To assign a drive letter, click Add, click the drive letter you want to use,
and then click OK.
To modify a drive letter, click it, click Change, click the drive letter you
want to use, and then click OK.
To remove a drive letter, click it, and then click Remove.
Important
Be careful when making drive-letter assignments because many MS-DOS and
Windows programs make references to a specific drive letter. For example, the
path environment variable shows specific drive letters in conjunction with
program names.
Notes
To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a
network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this
procedure.
A computer can use up to 26 drive letters. Drive letters A and B are
reserved for floppy disk drives, but you can assign these letters to
removable drives if the computer does not have a floppy disk drive. Hard disk
drives in the computer receive letters C through Z, while mapped network
drives are assigned drive letters in reverse order (Z through B).
You cannot change the drive letter of the system volume or boot volume.
An error message may appear when you attempt to assign a letter to a volume,
CD-ROM drive, or other removable media device, possibly because it is in use
by a program in the system. If this happens, close the program accessing the
volume or drive, and then click the Change Drive Letter and Paths command
again.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP allow the static assignment of drive letters on
volumes, partitions, and CD-ROM drives. This means that you permanently
assign a drive letter to a specific partition, volume, or CD-ROM drive. When
you add a new hard disk to an existing computer system, it will not affect
statically assigned drive letters.
You can also mount a local drive at an empty folder on an NTFS volume using
a drive path instead of a drive letter. For more information, click Related
Topics.
"Mark" wrote:
> I have hard drive that was partitioned into two drives. When I installed a
> new CD drive the partition letter were mixed up. I have now: C - hard drive,
> D - CD drive, E - hard drive. Both C and E are parts of the same hard drive.
> How can I change my current situation to: C - hard drive, D - hard drive,
> E - CD drive?
> Mark
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