Windows XP Misnames A and B Drives

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Clive Libotte

Dear Members,
After upgrading from Windows 98SE to Windows XP Professional I found that
the A and B drive letters where reversed when compared to the existing BIOS
designation. On Windows 98SE I had a 3.5inch floppy drive as the A and a
LS120 Superdisk drive as the B (secondary IDE). These drive letters are now
reversed on XP. In Windows Explorer both drives are recognized and work:
selecting the 3.5inch floppy drive activates the LS120 and vice versa. In
Control Panel - System Properties - Floppy Disk Drives, both devices are
reported as "This device is working properly". In Administrative Tools -
Computer Management - Disk Management, the A and B drives are not recognized
(not shown) but the C and D(CD/DVD ROM) drives are.

The second problem is that the keyboard key mapping is incorrect on some
keys. You don't get what you expect when you type symbols, though the
letters are correct.

I've trawled the Internet for answers, but without success; would someone
provide solutions for these faults please.


Kind Regards,

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The second problem is that the keyboard key mapping is incorrect on some
keys. You don't get what you expect when you type symbols, though the
letters are correct.
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Check Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

The first page, Regional Options, is a global language setting. Normally,
you want the same language listed on the Advanced page as well.

Next, dig a little deeper by going to the Languages page. Clickthe Details
button, then Settings. Default input language listed at very top. Also
check preferred language for keyboard on same page and under installed
services.

It sounds like you have English US and English (UK or other) intermixed.
This will cause some of the symbol keys to show up different than one would
expect.
 
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