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How can I
change a drive letter in Windows XP?
When you
add drives to your computer, such as an
extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a
storage device that corresponds to a
drive, Windows automatically assigns
letters to the drives. However, this
assignment might not suit your system;
for example, you might have mapped a
network drive to the same letter that
Windows assigns to a new drive. When you
want to change drive letters, follow
these steps:
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Right-click My Computer, and then
click Manage.
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Under
Computer Management, click Disk
Management. In the right pane,
you’ll see your drives listed.
CD-ROM drives are listed at the
bottom of the pane.
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Right-click the drive or device you
want to change, and then click
Change Drive Letter and Paths.
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Click
Change, click Assign the following
drive letter, click the drive letter
you want to assign, and then click
OK.
You will
not be able to change the boot or system
drive letter in this manner. Many
MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs
make references to a specific drive
letter (for example, environment
variables). If you modify the drive
letter, these programs may not function
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