When you add
drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a
storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically
assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment might not suit
your system; for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the
same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive. When you want to change
drive letters, follow these steps:
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Right-click
My Computer, and then click Manage.
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Under
Computer Management, click Disk Management.
In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are
listed at the bottom of the pane.
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Right-click
the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change
Drive Letter and Paths.
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Click
Change, click Assign the following drive
letter, click the drive letter you want to assign, and then
click OK.
You will not
be able to change the boot or system drive letter in this manner. Many
MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific
drive letter (for example, environment variables). If you modify the
drive letter, these programs may not function correctly.
HOW TO: Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows (Q223188)
This article is for Windows 2000, but the same concepts
apply to Windows XP. I do not offer ANY support for this procedure.
NOTE: Some user's have reported that this has
rendered their system unbootable. Others have reported that it works.
If you follow this procedure, you do so at your own risk.
