re: Changing Drive Letter in XP
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Chris2var
(2 messages posted)
I have created a script file and batch file to "get around" the drive letter changing,
BUT be warned that you must always have the same things connected or disconnected
after startup else it will not fuction correctly.
get the command prompt up and type as below (there is a return or enter to create
a new line):-
diskpart
list volumes
Then make a note of all the volume NUMBERS and the assigned drive letters. Do this
after startup and before you mess with anything!
Once you have these details crate a file in notepad called "driveassign"
(make sure you save as "all files" so there is no file extension in c:\
In this type (as an example and what I've got in mine) as below:-
select volume 1
remove letter=H
assign letter=Z
select volume 2
remove letter=I
assign letter=Y
exit
Then create another file in notepad called "diskassign.bat again when saving save
to the c:\ and as "all files"
so that the file is called diskassign.bat
In this file type:-
diskpart /s c:\driveassign
save the file as above.
Then make a shortcut of this file and place it on the desktop.
So forevermore all you have to do once system has booted and startup has finnished
is doubleclick the shortcut.
On Monday, January 29, 2007 at 6:09 pm, Paul wrote:
>I had the same problem with card readers coming up with drive letters before those
>of hard drives when I built a new PC recently.
>
>I found that the problem was solved by setting the Plug & Play OS setting in the
>BIOS before installing Windows. It seems odd that this wasn't set by default as
modern
>operating systems (which most people will be installing in a new machine) support
>Plug & Play.
>
>The impression I got from the manual that came with the motherboard was that if
this
>option isn't set, the BIOS will detect all storage devices itself. It seems that
>it detects USB-connected storage devices (such as my card readers) before IDE/SATA
>drives and the OS then uses them in the detected order. If this option is set, the
>BIOS detects IDE/SATA drives (which it needs in order to boot the OS) but leaves
>detecting USB storage devices to the OS. Consequently, the hard drives are detected
>and assigned drive letters first, which is what we want.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>However, I also have the problem with changes to the CD/DVD drive letter not sticking.
>I like it set to Z, so it doesn't change if I add hard drives. Windows (XP SP2b)
>reverts it to E every time I reboot. Quite annoying and I've not yet found a solution.
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