Changing Drive Letters...

I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G: Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff

This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to help.

What is the best means of doing this?

Ross

Hi Ross,

What do you mean disk manager is no help? Within disk manager you can
remove drive letters from drives and then assign them to other drives - can
you not do this?

Regards,
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

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"ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bG2Bl.88718$...
I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff

This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
help.

What is the best means of doing this?

Ross

Hi, Ross.

> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RAW, G:
> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff

Are these all separate physical devices? How many hard drives do you have,
and how are they partitioned? Do your letters G:, H: and I: refer to
separate devices, or to partitions on your one (or more) hard drive? Are
those labels (Vista, CD, Old, Stuff, etc.) actually written to the physical
drives? "CD" might refer to a partition on your hard drive, rather than to
a separate device.

What does Disk Management say about your "Drive D:"? Does the "CD" label
show up in Disk Management? For which volume?

When you right-click on Drive D: in Disk Management and click Properties,
what does it tell you about that drive?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000

"ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bG2Bl.88718$...
> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>
> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
> help.
>
> What is the best means of doing this?
>
> Ross

You cannot change or remove drive letters if u enable pagefile


"Jon Wallace" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Ross,
>
> What do you mean disk manager is no help? Within disk manager you can
> remove drive letters from drives and then assign them to other drives -
> can you not do this?
>
> Regards,
> Jon
>
> www.insidetheregistry.com
>
> --
>
> "ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bG2Bl.88718$...
> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>
> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
> help.
>
> What is the best means of doing this?
>
> Ross
>

osoft wrote:

> You cannot change or remove drive letters if u enable pagefile

Possibly this is true in a parallel universe, but not in this one.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

I've attached a JPEG of Computer and Disk Management. The CD RW and the DVD RW are separate devices, both physical, the C: drive is a partition on the hard disk as is the I: partition, which was previously called the D. partition. The G. and H. partition are partitions on my external USB hard disk.

I want to get the I: disk back to being the D.: disk.

Disk Management the same doesn't let me rename a partition to one that already exists. How do I insert an space "empty/placeholder" and then re-name I.: to D.: ?

"R. C. White" <> wrote in message news:23A0126C-F23D-479D-91B5-...
> Hi, Ross.
>
>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>
> Are these all separate physical devices? How many hard drives do you have,
> and how are they partitioned? Do your letters G:, H: and I: refer to
> separate devices, or to partitions on your one (or more) hard drive? Are
> those labels (Vista, CD, Old, Stuff, etc.) actually written to the physical
> drives? "CD" might refer to a partition on your hard drive, rather than to
> a separate device.
>
> What does Disk Management say about your "Drive D:"? Does the "CD" label
> show up in Disk Management? For which volume?
>
> When you right-click on Drive D: in Disk Management and click Properties,
> what does it tell you about that drive?
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000
>
> "ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bG2Bl.88718$...
>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>
>> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
>> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
>> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
>> help.
>>
>> What is the best means of doing this?
>>
>> Ross
>

tester

"ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message news:BwJBl.4402$...
I've attached a JPEG of Computer and Disk Management. The CD RW and the DVD RW are separate devices, both physical, the C: drive is a partition on the hard disk as is the I: partition, which was previously called the D. partition. The G. and H. partition are partitions on my external USB hard disk.

I want to get the I: disk back to being the D.: disk.

Disk Management the same doesn't let me rename a partition to one that already exists. How do I insert an space "empty/placeholder" and then re-name I.: to D.: ?

"R. C. White" <> wrote in message news:23A0126C-F23D-479D-91B5-...
> Hi, Ross.
>
>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>
> Are these all separate physical devices? How many hard drives do you have,
> and how are they partitioned? Do your letters G:, H: and I: refer to
> separate devices, or to partitions on your one (or more) hard drive? Are
> those labels (Vista, CD, Old, Stuff, etc.) actually written to the physical
> drives? "CD" might refer to a partition on your hard drive, rather than to
> a separate device.
>
> What does Disk Management say about your "Drive D:"? Does the "CD" label
> show up in Disk Management? For which volume?
>
> When you right-click on Drive D: in Disk Management and click Properties,
> what does it tell you about that drive?
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000
>
> "ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bG2Bl.88718$...
>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>
>> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
>> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
>> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
>> help.
>>
>> What is the best means of doing this?
>>
>> Ross
>

The CD-ROM drive is currently D:.
Change it to something else; then change I: to D:.

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:46:05 -0400, "ross m. greenberg"
<greenber@@gmail.com> wrote:

>I've attached a JPEG of Computer and Disk Management. The CD RW and the DVD RW are separate devices, both physical, the C: drive is a partition on the hard disk as is the I: partition, which was previously called the D. partition. The G. and H. partition are partitions on my external USB hard disk.
>
>I want to get the I: disk back to being the D.: disk.
>
>Disk Management the same doesn't let me rename a partition to one that already exists. How do I insert an space "empty/placeholder" and then re-name I.: to D.: ?
>
>"R. C. White" <> wrote in message news:23A0126C-F23D-479D-91B5-...
>> Hi, Ross.
>>
>>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>
>> Are these all separate physical devices? How many hard drives do you have,
>> and how are they partitioned? Do your letters G:, H: and I: refer to
>> separate devices, or to partitions on your one (or more) hard drive? Are
>> those labels (Vista, CD, Old, Stuff, etc.) actually written to the physical
>> drives? "CD" might refer to a partition on your hard drive, rather than to
>> a separate device.
>>
>> What does Disk Management say about your "Drive D:"? Does the "CD" label
>> show up in Disk Management? For which volume?
>>
>> When you right-click on Drive D: in Disk Management and click Properties,
>> what does it tell you about that drive?
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>>
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000
>>
>> "ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:bG2Bl.88718$...
>>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>>
>>> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
>>> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
>>> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
>>> help.
>>>
>>> What is the best means of doing this?
>>>
>>> Ross
>>

I tried that! Disk management does not allow me to get rid of the CD drive....


the drive I am trying to rename to D. is the "was XP" drive

it's driving me nuts!

Ross
"Andy" <1@2.3> wrote in message news:...
> The CD-ROM drive is currently D:.
> Change it to something else; then change I: to D:.
>
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:46:05 -0400, "ross m. greenberg"
> <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I've attached a JPEG of Computer and Disk Management. The CD RW and the DVD RW are separate devices, both physical, the C: drive is a partition on the hard disk as is the I: partition, which was previously called the D. partition. The G. and H. partition are partitions on my external USB hard disk.
>>
>>I want to get the I: disk back to being the D.: disk.
>>
>>Disk Management the same doesn't let me rename a partition to one that already exists. How do I insert an space "empty/placeholder" and then re-name I.: to D.: ?
>>
>>"R. C. White" <> wrote in message news:23A0126C-F23D-479D-91B5-...
>>> Hi, Ross.
>>>
>>>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>>>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>>
>>> Are these all separate physical devices? How many hard drives do you have,
>>> and how are they partitioned? Do your letters G:, H: and I: refer to
>>> separate devices, or to partitions on your one (or more) hard drive? Are
>>> those labels (Vista, CD, Old, Stuff, etc.) actually written to the physical
>>> drives? "CD" might refer to a partition on your hard drive, rather than to
>>> a separate device.
>>>
>>> What does Disk Management say about your "Drive D:"? Does the "CD" label
>>> show up in Disk Management? For which volume?
>>>
>>> When you right-click on Drive D: in Disk Management and click Properties,
>>> what does it tell you about that drive?
>>>
>>> RC
>>> --
>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000
>>>
>>> "ross m. greenberg" <greenber@@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:bG2Bl.88718$...
>>>> I have the following setup now: C: Vista, D: CD, E: CD RW,F: DVD RW, G:
>>>> Backup Vista, H: Backup 2, I: Old Stuff
>>>>
>>>> This is what shows up when I look in Computer. The surprising is that I
>>>> don't have a CD, although I do have everything else. I want to remove the
>>>> erroneous D: and rename I: to D: -- and Disk Management does not appear to
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> What is the best means of doing this?
>>>>
>>>> Ross
>>>

Success!!

It ends up that my problem was caused by otherwise useful application
installed a long time ago, PowerISO, which creates a virtual CD, and allows
you to even boot/mount an ISO image. I had forgotten that it was even
installed! I removed the application -- temporarily I'm sure -- in would
have been able to manipulate the disks and their monikers easily in disk
management.
Ross