Does drive letter reassignment really work??

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Hi,

I've just installed Win XP Pro with CD-ROM drive letter
default set to D.
I want to use D for a second hard disk partition and
therefore reassigns the CD-ROM to
X using Disk Management and then reboots the system.
Everything seems to work OK up to
now.

BUT: When I try to execute the SFC (System File Checker)
command, the CD-ROM is not found.
The reason for this is that the registry still contains a
lot of references to D: but not
a single reference to X:. In addition, a total of 61 files
on the C-drive contains the
text 'D:' or 'd:' ........

How is this supposed to work?? Is there a centrally
located map table somewhere mapping
in this case X to D or is it a bug that the registry is
not updated. I have not installed
any applications yet, all references to the CD-ROM driver
letter is from MicroSoft
software.
 
No it is not a bug. XP does not automatically update references in the
Registry or other files, when you change a drive letter.
 
No it is not a bug. XP does not automatically update references in the
Registry or other files, when you change a drive letter.
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Nor did you have to rename it to make a D: partition. It would
automatically change when you create the new partition.
 
Microsoft is supposed to read other companies data, without knowing its format or structure, and alter it. Maybe MS is smart.

MS provided a working OS but you expect them to write code that can NEVER be guaranteed to work?

What leads you to think Drive Mapper got everything. Does it do reg_expand strings, Reg_Multi strings, does it look for binary data. MS thinks about these issues.
 
This is not true. Unlike 9x (DOS based) system, XP does not automatically
reassign drive letters.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
 
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