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More info?)
Thanks.
Is there anyway to assign the CD rom to D:? Has it anything to do with the
IDE cable or in BIOS?
"Sharon F" wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:29:01 -0800, kenlo wrote:
>
> > My Computer shows the hard drive in C with a partition in E, CDRW in F drive.
> > Is the CDRW supposed in D? There is nothing in D.
>
> If this system had XP preinstalled, it's possible that there is a hidden
> "D:" partition that was created by the OEM that is using that letter. Even
> with no hidden partition, the assignment of the letter F: to the cdrom
> drive should cause no problems. I routinely bump the letter for my CD and
> DVD drives down the alphabet - leaving a gap between them and the letters
> for the hard drive partitions.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>