CD-ROM drive assignment fails
Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 8:27 am
Posted by bruce
(5 messages posted)
I have a question about Designate
Your Own Drive Letters:
In the article the solution is:
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Windows 95,98, and Me
Windows 9x/Me only allows this configuration for those drives controlled by drivers
(the second type mentioned above). By editing the Registry directly (see Solution
#2 below), you should be able to change the drive letter assignments for any type
of drive. Note: It is extremely important that you back up your Registry before continuing.
Here's how it's done:
Solution #1:
Double-click on the System icon in Control Panel, and click on the Device Manager
tab.
Find the device (CD-ROM drive, or otherwise) that you wish to configure from the
list, and select it.
Click Properties, and then click the Settings tab.
In the section entitled Reserved drive letters, choose the same letter for both the
Start drive letter and End drive letter.
If the Removable option is not checked, and the reserved drive letters listboxes
are disabled, check it now. If initially unchecked, make sure to uncheck it again
when you're done with this procedure.
You'll have to restart your computer for this change to take effect.
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On my Dell Inspiron laptop (3 spindle, CD-ROM is not swappable), I used to identify
it as "V". Now, it only permits "G" (I have hard drives C thru F). All is per the
solution EXCEPT removable is grayed out.
FWIW, I do have another CD-RW which is a USB-2 drive. That one's removable box
is also grayed out -BUT- I can assign drive letter "V" to it successfully.
Any thoughts?
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