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Martin wrote:
> David Maynard wrote:
>
>>Martin wrote:
>>
>>>David Maynard wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>nl wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 07:32:46 -0600, "pheasant" <kiavan02@yahoo.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Built this box about a year ago, Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL, Athlon XP
>>>>>>2500 with SATA HDD. Win XP Home
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Never thought much about it, but buddy was over and asked why I
>>>>>>had an H drive as my local disk, not C. Said that's what Windows
>>>>>>assigned when it set up, and told him I didn't know, but would ask
>>>>>>those more knowledgeable than me. (Just a part time tinkerer)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Know I could reassign drives, but never was an issue to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Now I'm curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Drive letters are: CD-Rom D: CDRW G: SATA HDD H:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I did this setting up an XP computer and never noticed it was
>>>>>setting my local disk as F:\. It happened, I believe, because I
>>>>>had a memory card sitting in a USB slot, and that got assigned as
>>>>>C:\ .
>>>>>
>>>>>AFAIK you can reassign the letter of any drive EXCEPT the local
>>>>>disk. You are stuck with it. The only real problem is that I am
>>>>>constantly tripped up by sloppy install routines that
>>>>>automatically assume C:\ is the local drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>If I am wrong and there is a remedy please someone else tell me.
>>>>>
>>>>>nl
>>>>
>>>>Nope. Can't change it, unless, perhaps, you had the patience of Job
>>>>and the skill of a brain surgeon a thousand times over. There are
>>>>just too many places in the registry where the drive letter will be
>>>>referenced, such as scads of DLL location references in every
>>>>installed program, and then the drive signature, itself, and drive
>>>>assignment, boot device assignment (boot.ini), windows root
>>>>directory assignment, and lord knows what else.
>>>
>>>
>>>I seem to remember doing that once with Partition Magic.
>>
>>Off hand I don't see how.
>
>
> I *think* the following describes it....
It doesn't describe what "Change Drive Letter," that it says to use for XP,
is vs DriveMapper.
>
> *********************************************
> Running DriveMapper in PartitionMagic 8.0
> Situation:
> This document describes how to run DriveMapper in PartitionMagic 8.0.
>
> Solution:
>
>
>
> Before you begin:
> DriveMapper runs automatically if all the following conditions are met:
> - You apply changes to your system that affect drive letter assignments.
> - You are running Windows® 95 or Windows 98.
> - Your hard disk contains only FAT or FAT32 partitions.
> - You have no more than one CD-ROM drive and no more than one removable
> drive.
> If you are using Windows NT®, Windows 2000, or Windows XP as your only
> operating system, Symantec recommends using the "Change Drive Letter"
> operation
> rather than DriveMapper.
> If you run multiple operating systems, you should reinstall applications
> rather than use DriveMapper.
> See the PartitionMagic User Guide for an explanation of why this is
> recommended.
>
>
>
>
> To manually run DriveMapper
> Do one of the following:
> If you have Norton PartitionMagic 8.0 - On the Windows taskbar, click Start
>
>>Programs > Norton PartitionMagic 8.0 > Norton PartitionMagic 8.0 Tools >
>
> DriveMapper.
> If you have PartitionMagic 8.0 - On the Windows taskbar, click Start >
> Programs > PowerQuest PartitionMagic 8.0 > PartitionMagic 8.0 Tools >
> DriveMapper.
> Read the information on the screen, and then click Next.
> Click Add to add a task.
> Select the option that corresponds to the type of drive letter reference
> changes you need to make.
> Click OK.
> Select the original drive letter (the letter assigned to the drive before
> you make partition changes).
> Select the new drive letter (the letter that will be assigned to the drive
> after partition changes are made).
> Click OK.
> In the Task list, read the task description carefully and verify that it
> states the order of drive letter changes correctly.
> Click Finish.
>
> In the Processing Tasks window, you see the operation's progress. After the
> changes are complete, DriveMapper closes.
>
>
>
> Note: DriveMapper automatically performs drive letter reference changes in
> the proper order. Symantec strongly recommends that you apply changes in the
> order that DriveMapper chooses. DriveMapper must update drive letter
> references in a particular order to avoid destroying the original drive
> letter references, which it temporarily needs in order to correctly perform
> the update.
>
> For example, suppose that you have two partitions (C and D) on your hard
> disk, and your CD-ROM drive is E. You create a new logical partition between
> partitions C and D. The new partition is assigned the letter D, the old
> partition D is assigned the letter E, and the CD-ROM drive is assigned the
> letter F. DriveMapper must first change the CD-ROM drive (E) references to F
> before it can change the drive D references to E.
>
> **********************************************
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
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