Comments on: Change all Drive Letters in Windows http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DRShttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-804035 DRS Tue, 26 May 2009 21:47:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-804035 This does nothing. This does nothing.

]]> By: EFhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-130134 EF Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:11:23 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-130134 I used to have an external drive under Z, and I no longer have the drive. But every time I try to install software, it often fails because it can't find volume Z. If I delete \DosDevices\Z: will it hurt anything? I used to have an external drive under Z, and I no longer have the drive. But every time I try to install software, it often fails because it can’t find volume Z. If I delete \DosDevices\Z: will it hurt anything?

]]> By: fastdumphttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-123690 fastdump Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:02:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-123690 Martin - I don't think so... I don't have a floppy drive installed so I can't test. My CDR and DVDR drives both show up under Disk Management and I can change drive letters for them. But the letters A and B are not available to select for any drive, so your method would be the go there. I like to assign letters to my logical drives based on their content, so D is for [My} Documents; M is for Music; X is for... well - you can guess ;) and so on. Never had a need for A or B, but if I do, now I know what to do - thanks! :) Martin – I don’t think so…

I don’t have a floppy drive installed so I can’t test. My CDR and DVDR drives both show up under Disk Management and I can change drive letters for them.

But the letters A and B are not available to select for any drive, so your method would be the go there.

I like to assign letters to my logical drives based on their content, so D is for [My} Documents; M is for Music; X is for… well – you can guess ;) and so on.

Never had a need for A or B, but if I do, now I know what to do – thanks! :)

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-123623 Martin Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:19:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-123623 fastdump is it possible to change the drive letter A: this way ? fastdump is it possible to change the drive letter A: this way ?

]]> By: fastdumphttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-123599 fastdump Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:20:38 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-123599 In Windows XP you can go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management... select Storage > Disk Management... then right-click on the volume that you want and select 'Change Drive Letter and Paths' to change the assigned drive letter. Also, if you choose to remove the drive letter altogether, you can then go back and assign/mount a logical drive to a specific NTFS-formatted empty folder (kinda like reassining the default folder for 'My Documents', but google this technique for more info and caveats before attempting!!!)... Not sure if 'Administrative Tools' are only available in XP Professional but not XP Home. In Windows XP you can go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management… select Storage > Disk Management… then right-click on the volume that you want and select ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths’ to change the assigned drive letter.

Also, if you choose to remove the drive letter altogether, you can then go back and assign/mount a logical drive to a specific NTFS-formatted empty folder (kinda like reassining the default folder for ‘My Documents’, but google this technique for more info and caveats before attempting!!!)…

Not sure if ‘Administrative Tools’ are only available in XP Professional but not XP Home.

]]> By: Chrishttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-123589 Chris Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:05:53 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-123589 thanks netking :D p.s. i had an instance where what was meant to be C:\ assigned itself G:\ during the install of XP. When i got into windows, i was able to revert to C:\ using the method you describe Martin. thanks netking :D

p.s. i had an instance where what was meant to be C:\ assigned itself G:\ during the install of XP. When i got into windows, i was able to revert to C:\ using the method you describe Martin.

]]> By: netkinghttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-123494 netking Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:07:54 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/04/change-all-drive-letters-in-windows/#comment-123494 For registry edition, I recommend Reghance, which is much more cool than the Windows Regedit. You can get it here : http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegHance_d468.html For registry edition, I recommend Reghance, which is much more cool than the Windows Regedit.

You can get it here :
http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegHance_d468.html

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