Need DVD drive as E: Drive

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I have a boot HD as Primary Master, and a data HD (with two
partitions) as Secondary Master. I have a DVD drive as Secondary
Slave. BIOS verifies this. Works fine.

Strangely (to me), XP explorer shows the boot HD as C drive, the DVD
drive as D drive, and the data HD as drives E and F.

But I have an application that insists that a data CD disk be in drive
E:. How can I set up my system or how can I alter XP so that the DVD
drive and the HD drive are switched (so that I can make the DVD drive
E drive)?

Please
 
I have a boot HD as Primary Master, and a data HD (with two
partitions) as Secondary Master. I have a DVD drive as Secondary
Slave. BIOS verifies this. Works fine.

Strangely (to me), XP explorer shows the boot HD as C drive, the DVD
drive as D drive, and the data HD as drives E and F.

But I have an application that insists that a data CD disk be in drive
E:. How can I set up my system or how can I alter XP so that the DVD
drive and the HD drive are switched (so that I can make the DVD drive
E drive)?

Please
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Right click on My Computer and choose manage. Change the letters there.

Alias
 
I have a boot HD as Primary Master, and a data HD (with two
partitions) as Secondary Master. I have a DVD drive as Secondary
Slave. BIOS verifies this. Works fine.

Strangely (to me), XP explorer shows the boot HD as C drive, the DVD
drive as D drive, and the data HD as drives E and F.

But I have an application that insists that a data CD disk be in drive
E:. How can I set up my system or how can I alter XP so that the DVD
drive and the HD drive are switched (so that I can make the DVD drive
E drive)?

Please
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As Alias says, Move the drive letters.
1st, free up the drive letter you want, by assigning a new, free
letter to E. Then, make your DVD drive E.
And finally move your 2nd drive to its new letter.
 
I have a boot HD as Primary Master, and a data HD (with two
partitions) as Secondary Master. I have a DVD drive as Secondary
Slave. BIOS verifies this. Works fine.

Strangely (to me), XP explorer shows the boot HD as C drive, the DVD
drive as D drive, and the data HD as drives E and F.

But I have an application that insists that a data CD disk be in drive
E:. How can I set up my system or how can I alter XP so that the DVD
drive and the HD drive are switched (so that I can make the DVD drive
E drive)?

Please
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Are you sure you want to use an app that makes such a bizarre assumption.
(Unless of course the app was installed when the CD drive was called E:. If
this is the case you could search the registry for E: and change it in the
appropriate location.)
 
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