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ritter197
How can I change driveletters of harddrives?
Windows XP Pro.
Windows XP Pro.
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James Padolsey
ritter197 said:How can I change driveletters of harddrives?
To assign, change, or remove a drive letter
Using the Windows interface
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click 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
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Mike Walsh
You can change the drive letter of any partition with WinNT, but with WinXP you can't change the letter of the boot partition or system partition. This could result in partitions having different drive letters with different OSs on a multi-boot system.
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KARL MENZEL JR
Thank you very much. Worked very well.
James Padolsey said:To assign, change, or remove a drive letter
Using the Windows interface
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click 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
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ritter197
Thanks, I got it. Excellent advice!
James Padolsey said:To assign, change, or remove a drive letter
Using the Windows interface
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click 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