Need to Set CD Drive as "R:" can that be done under XP
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From: Robert J. Stevens on 1 May 2010 15:56 I have set up a Mini Tower Using XP as a CD Reader/Copier. I Need to Set the first CD Drive as "R:" can that be done under XP TIA Bob in Wisconsin
From: Shenan Stanley on 1 May 2010 16:51 Robert J. Stevens wrote: > I have set up a Mini Tower Using XP as a CD Reader/Copier. > I Need to Set the first CD Drive as "R:" can that be done under XP Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found: Search using Google! http://www.google.com/ (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html ) Specific to you: how do I change a drive letter in "Windows XP" http://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+change+a+drive+letter+in+%22Windows+XP%22 The first Microsoft support page for it: How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844 Another (non-Microsoft) page showing it: Changing Drive Letters in Windows XP? http://www.dougknox.com/tips/xp_drive_letters.htm Another (non-Microsoft): How to Change a Drive Letter in Windows XP http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Drive-Letter-in-Windows-XP Yet Another Microsoft support page for it: To assign, change, or remove a drive letter http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_drive_letter.mspx?mfr=true Essentially: As Administrator... Disk Management --> Right-click the drive in question from the lower half of the right side of the window --> Change drive letter and paths --> Change --> Choose the drive letter you want --> Repeat as needed. If that helped and/or you just want to comment - please - reply to this indefinitely archived posting. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: philo on 1 May 2010 16:56 "Robert J. Stevens" <ztrebora(a)execpc.com> wrote in message news:mYGdnaGDd74PGkHWnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d(a)posted.choiceonecommunications... >I have set up a Mini Tower Using XP as a CD Reader/Copier. > I Need to Set the first CD Drive as "R:" can that be done under XP > TIA > Bob in Wisconsin sure http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
From: Bert Hyman on 1 May 2010 17:21 In news:e9PBrAX6KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find > information on problems you may be having and solutions others have > found: > > Search using Google! If everyone did that, there'd be practically no traffic in any MS newsgroup, and where's the fun in that? -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com
From: Shenan Stanley on 1 May 2010 19:39
Robert J. Stevens wrote: > I have set up a Mini Tower Using XP as a CD Reader/Copier. > I Need to Set the first CD Drive as "R:" can that be done under XP Shenan Stanley wrote: > Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find > information on problems you may be having and solutions others have > found: > > Search using Google! > http://www.google.com/ > (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html ) > > Specific to you: > how do I change a drive letter in "Windows XP" > http://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+change+a+drive+letter+in+%22Windows+XP%22 > > The first Microsoft support page for it: > How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844 > > Another (non-Microsoft) page showing it: > Changing Drive Letters in Windows XP? > http://www.dougknox.com/tips/xp_drive_letters.htm > > Another (non-Microsoft): > How to Change a Drive Letter in Windows XP > http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Drive-Letter-in-Windows-XP > > Yet Another Microsoft support page for it: > To assign, change, or remove a drive letter > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_drive_letter.mspx?mfr=true > Essentially: > > As Administrator... > > Disk Management --> Right-click the drive in question from the > lower half of the right side of the window --> Change drive letter > and paths --> > Change --> Choose the drive letter you want --> Repeat as needed. > > If that helped and/or you just want to comment - please - reply to > this indefinitely archived posting. Bert Hyman wrote: > If everyone did that, there'd be practically no traffic in any MS > newsgroup, and where's the fun in that? If no one learns how to help themselves do something - sooner or later those that have the answers die and you end up in a world like that shown in the 2006 movie "Idiocracy" --> where's the fun in that? ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |